Grief, anger as families blame State, school over dormitory fire deaths

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Kenya Red Cross volunteers and homicide detectives retrieve bodies of students after a deadly dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls High School in Gilgil, Nakuru County. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Families and relatives of the 16 girls who died in the Utumishi Girls Academy fire tragedy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, have blamed both the Ministry of Education and the school for the deaths.

The families questioned why students were locked in despite safety guidelines in the Ministry’s Safety Standards Manual designed to protect learners.

This came as the painful process of identifying victims and collecting DNA samples began at Naivasha Sub-county Mortuary, where the bodies were transferred from Gilgil.