Kakamega Primary School building where 14 students came to their death after an evening stampede [COURTESY]
A somber mood engulfed Kakamega County after 14 students in Kakamega Primary School died on the spot following a deadly stampede that occurred at the school’s third floor on Monday, February 3.
The stampede happened around 5 pm as the pupils were going home. In the incident, 14 pupils lost their lives. As at midnight Monday, two pupils were at the Kakamega Referral Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 39 others nursing injuries.
Following the stampede, parents and relatives converged at the school seeking to know the whereabouts of their children, only for some to find out that some were among the dead.
On Tuesday morning, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha, Government Spokesman Cyrus Oguna and Basic Education PS Dr Belio Kipsang were among the leades that took time to visit the school.
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By midnight, Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya, Senator Cleophas Malala, Lurambi MP Titus Kahamala, former ACK Maseno North Bishop Simon Oketch, Regional commissioner Anne Ng’etich, Regional Police Commander Peris Kimani, county police commander Bernard Muli and Regional Education officer Steven Barongo had all visited the victims in hospital.
Ms Ngetich said the school will be reopened upon completion of investigations to establish what caused the stampede.
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Here are some of the photos captured by standard Digital depicting the mood after the horrific news:
Onlookers left shocked by happenings at Kakamega Primary School [COURTESY] Some relative were reduced to tears after the news [COURTESY] Some of the parents are overcome by grief after some of their children were involved in a stampede when they ran over their colleagues at the second floor of their classes [COURTESY] Parents and relatives converge at Kakamega Referral Hospital [COURTESY] Parents and relatives outside the hospital, waiting on news about their children [COURTESY]
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