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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, Education CS Julius Ogamba, Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat and other senior government and security officials at the Utumishi Girls High School in Gilgil, Nakuru County, where an inferno killed 16 students on May 28, 2026. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba ordered the closure of the Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County after a fire outbreak killed 16 students.
Speaking at the scene during an assessment of the incident, Ogamba said the blaze started at around midnight and responders contained it at about 3 a.m.
Seventy-nine students were injured and taken to hospital, where 71 were treated and discharged. Seven remain admitted.
