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Fire outbreak in a school dormitory.[File, Standard]
The nation is still reeling in shock following the deaths last week of 16 students and the wounding of another 70 in a fire incident at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County.
Once again, Kenyans are asking the same questions they ask almost every year after similar tragedies. They are also calling for action against the students who lit the fire and those who failed to avert this tragedy so that 'such an incident never occurs again'. The government is vowing, as it always does, to take firm action against teachers and education officials who dropped the ball.
But all and sundry know that the public outrage and government threats will lead nowhere. Yes, a few people might in the end be punished. But in two or three weeks, after the hapless victims of this tragedy are buried, Kenyans' collective amnesia will strike again. This incident will be forgotten by the bereaved families.
