Prezzo orders schools to reopen on Monday but Machogu's late-night memo on the way

EdUucation CS Ezekiel Machogu. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Schools will reopen on Monday, as directed by Prezzo Bill Ruto this week, but many schools are still marooned, pit latrines are overflowing, grass is overgrown and many buildings are teetering on the brink of collapse after being waterlogged for weeks. In other areas, bridges have been swept away, so students have no way of getting to school.

Consequently, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu declared some "two per cent" of schools might not reopen on Monday, and listed three counties that have been worst affected by the floods: Kisumu, Tana River and Homa Bay.