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Sacred Heart Mukumu Girls' High School in Kakamega County was closed indefinitely on April 3, 2023 after a suspected food poisoning incident at the school. [File, Standard]
Frida Ndolo, the principal of Sacred Heart Mukumu Girls' High School in Kakamega County, has claimed that "toxic media" reporting of alleged food poisoning at the school led to its closure on Monday, April 3.
"This is to notify you that following consultation with the Ministry of Education directors and TSC directors, it has been decided that the students break off to heal of the toxic environment already created by the media," Ndolo said in her notice to parents and guardians dated Monday, April 3.
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