NAKURU, Kenya, Sep 9 \u2013 The management of Nakuru Girls High School has engaged a 24 hour police surveillance following an arson attempt at the institution.<\/p>\n
In a letter to parents, the School Principal, Rose Mejo, the attempt was in Sunday night were unknown people doused a heap of bedsheets with strongly smelling chemical.<\/p>\n
\u201cDear Parents and guradians, we wish to brief you on an incident at the school last night after preps when girls in one if the domitories discovered a heap of bedsheets doused in a pungent chemical,\u201d read part of the letter.<\/p>\n
She added that the was an attempt to torch the bedsheets but they did not catch fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe school administration reported the matter to Teachers Estate Police Station and the police moved in immediately and kept vigil until this morning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
While reassuring parents of their children\u2019s safety at the school, Mejo said police were investigating those involved in the motive.<\/p>\n
This happened only two days after a fire at Endarasha Hillside Academy on Thursday night, last week left 21 pupils dead and more than 60 others still missing.<\/p>\n
Cases of un-ease and indiscipline among secondary schools have been reported as teachers under Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) continue their nationwide strike.<\/p>\n
The un-ease has been blamed on idleness and several boarding secondary schools in Nakuru among the Jomo Kenyatta Boys High School have sent their learners home.<\/p>\n
Day schools have also reported low students turn-out since schools reopened for the third term on August 26 as learners choose to stay away.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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