Fired up: ‘Burnt’ schools rise from the ashes but pay dearly

Iterio Boys principal Isaac Ogol shows some of the renovated dormitories in his school

In July last year, over 3,000 students from 18 schools in Kisii County were sent home over ‘mysterious’ school fires that caught the Ministry of Education officials napping.

Property, which school authorities estimated at Sh250 million, was destroyed with the government maintaining that parents will have to bear the costs.