Seven have died and scores injured when a school building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, in an accident blamed on shoddy construction.
Publish dateTuesday 24 September 2019 - 01:21
Story Code : 192059
"We can confirm that we have seven fatalities," said government spokesman Cyrus Oguna.
Education Minister George Magoha said in a statement that 64 pupils had been admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital, most of them with minor injuries, but two others required "more attention."
Hundreds of angry residents of Dagoretti, a poor suburb where many live in makeshift homes, thronged the site where rescuers picked through the rubble until the search for victims ended in the afternoon.
An AFP reporter at the site said books and desks were strewn through the debris of the two-story building, a semi-permanent structure made of concrete, iron sheeting and timber.
"I had just dropped my son to school, and heard screams on my way back, and that is when I found people assisting them out to hospital," said Margaret Muthoni at Kenyatta National Hospital, whose four-year-old son was injured.
"I am just lucky my son survived with injuries. It is a very unfortunate incident because some children have died," said Muthoni.
Kepha Otieno said he had lost his five-year-old daughter.
"I just can't believe. It is too hard for me and the family," he said.
The school was a private institution with around 800 registered pupils, said Magoha, adding that it would be closed for the next four days.
Education Minister George Magoha said in a statement that 64 pupils had been admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital, most of them with minor injuries, but two others required "more attention."
Hundreds of angry residents of Dagoretti, a poor suburb where many live in makeshift homes, thronged the site where rescuers picked through the rubble until the search for victims ended in the afternoon.
An AFP reporter at the site said books and desks were strewn through the debris of the two-story building, a semi-permanent structure made of concrete, iron sheeting and timber.
"I had just dropped my son to school, and heard screams on my way back, and that is when I found people assisting them out to hospital," said Margaret Muthoni at Kenyatta National Hospital, whose four-year-old son was injured.
"I am just lucky my son survived with injuries. It is a very unfortunate incident because some children have died," said Muthoni.
Kepha Otieno said he had lost his five-year-old daughter.
"I just can't believe. It is too hard for me and the family," he said.
The school was a private institution with around 800 registered pupils, said Magoha, adding that it would be closed for the next four days.
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