Kenyan RN | UHC Nurse Activist | Pushing for the employment of UHC-nurses and staffs across all counties | Advocating health equity through workforce justice.
Students must understand that there are consequences when they set other human beings on fire.
When I visited Naivasha maximum prison I met the only suspect sentenced to death for the May 24, 1999 arson attack in Nyeri High School that claimed the lives of four prefects.
The student was 33 years old or thereabout when I met him. He was convicted by a juvenile court and later committed to life imprisonment after he turned 18.
The 2001 Kyanguli fire tragedy claimed the lives of 67 students. Two 16-year-olds were arrested and charged with murder. The judge handling the matter resigned in 2006 amid corruption-related allegations. A new judge declared the court matter a mistrial.
I took my time with the file, and it was clear that someone had done everything to make sure the two boys escaped justice. I tracked one down to an office in the CBD. He is somewhere out here.
The July 13, 1991, St Kizito High School massacre remains the most disturbing and heart-wrenching story I have covered.
The boys stormed the girls' dormitory. Reason? They had refused to join them in a strike.
In the ensuing violence, 71 school girls were raped and 19 of them lost their lives, mostly due to suffocation after being tightly packed into a corner during the attack.
Some were arrested and as usual, parents worked the justice system and many escaped the hangman’s noose.
But in a dark twist of events, most of the accused “turned mad”, and others ended up as drunks.
I remember visiting a lady now in her fifties who was still overwhelmed by the events of that night- oh she cried.
I met most of the boys then now men. Drunkards. Wasted.
Let’s see how the tragic Utumishi Fire tragedy plays out but if the prosecution proves those arrested are involved, it will be the end of school and freedom.
I have been to Nyeri, St Kizito, Kyanguli, Endarasha, and Bombolulu Girls' High School.
It's a life-changing experience!
No amount of justice or compensation can bring back the lives lost.
At this point, we pack up the superiority complex and go do some internal auditing. While @MiskellahMD and co has been busy gatekeeping the title, your own 'elite' squad member was out here playing Frankenstein. Let’s focus on quality control first before we talk about cadres💀🤫
@SafaricomPLC @Rooy03127274004 Precisely why I Uninstalled that app🤐😪mambo gani haya mnaleta? Ati zero rated but you must have credit🤔😫ukiwa kwa wifi you can't use. Pure chaos
@HonAdenDuale But that I how things are happening kwa ground..actually outpatient cover is around that much but in a day it is cupped at 1500sh,so we are forced to co-pay or make multiple hospital visits. Also why are we being charged for overseas treatment without ever going overseas?
@FarahMaalimM Leave nurses out of your mouth! You can pass your message about doctors without mentioning nurses. Also, bragging of mass educating persons to be nurses does not exonorate you from your derogatory utterances, and hence, this is not an apology!
@eddiebutita You’ve been in spaces where you could have pushed for reforms for a while now, what have you done for the policy world on this chronic issue that has existed since 90s? You’re exploiting the plight of your peers for political mileage- you’re a clown and not in the talent angle.