{"id":142571,"date":"2026-05-29T15:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/sifuna-to-revive-senate-probe-on-school-overcrowding-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:02:52","slug":"sifuna-to-revive-senate-probe-on-school-overcrowding-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/sifuna-to-revive-senate-probe-on-school-overcrowding-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sifuna to revive Senate Probe on school overcrowding crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya May 29 \u2013 Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna says he will revive a motion a probe into overcrowding and deteriorating infrastructure in public boarding secondary schools following Thursday\u2019s deadly dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Senior Secondary School that killed 16 students.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sifuna revealed that a similar attempt in August 2023 was shelved by the Senate leadership due to lack of funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel your frustration @Perryshish. I tried to do something in 2023 but my motion was quietly blocked because the Senate \u201chad no money\u201d to fund a full audit of the problem. I will re introduce it again,\u201d he said in response to a query by a social media user.<\/p>\n<p>The Nairobi Senator and ODM Secretary General said the proposed motion links the growing crisis to the government\u2019s 100 per cent transition policy, which has significantly increased student enrollment without a corresponding expansion of infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, schools are reportedly forcing students into overcrowded dormitories, classrooms and even laboratories, raising serious safety and welfare concerns.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, the Senate is expected to establish a select committee to investigate the extent of overcrowding, assess the adequacy of existing facilities, and propose policy and funding interventions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya May 29 \u2013 Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna says he will revive a motion a probe into overcrowding and deteriorating infrastructure in public boarding secondary schools following Thursday\u2019s deadly dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Senior Secondary School that killed 16 students. Sifuna revealed that a similar attempt in August 2023 was shelved by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}