STATEMENT BY HE DR STEPHEN KALONZO MUSYOKA
On the Tragic Fire at Utumishi Girls Academy, Gilgil
With a heart weighed down by profound grief, I join all Kenyans in mourning the precious lives of the young girls taken from us in the devastating fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil.
They were daughters, sisters, and friends; precious girls full of dreams, full of promise, full of life. Today, their families are shattered, and we weep together with them.
To the bereaved families: there are no words adequate for this moment. I stand with you, and I hold you in my heart and in my prayers.
To the injured students, may our Almighty God grant you swift and complete recovery. And may you feel the warmth of a nation surrounding you as you heal.
Today, as the political leadership gathers for the National Prayer Breakfast, I call upon them not to let today's prayers end in that hall. Let them translate into urgent and decisive action.
As leaders, we will be judged not by what we said in prayer this morning, but by what we did for the least of these in the days that follow.
Let us honour these young lives not merely with tears and tributes, but with action that ensures no other family endures this unbearable pain.
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." โ Psalm 147:3
My heart breaks for the families of the 10 students who have lost their lives in the dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in the early hours of this morning. They went to school in pursuit of a future and now that future was stolen from them and from us all. To the parents, siblings, teachers and the entire Utumishi Girls family, there are no words to describe or comfort this pain. I stand with you in grief.
To the Kenya Red Cross, the Rift Valley Regional Police Commander and all emergency responders who rushed to the scene, thank you for your service in an extremely difficult moment.
As a nation, this is our moment to reflect. We must invest more in school fire safety infrastructure, emergency response capacity and disaster preparedness across every county. Our children deserve schools that are not just places of learning but places of safety.
Rest in peace, our daughters.
@ClintonObonyo Beautiful girls fall in love with the wrong people. The polite ones do not win their souls. But the drunkards and weed smokers do.
Sad, though!! Brilliant brains gone without giving back to the society!!
@kijana_misa ADC seats behind the presidents seat. He escorts him on the podium depending on the occasion and the sitting arrangement.
National official events are different from normal events.