The death trap our schools have become

Death traps in schools as insurers raise alarm

A dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Senior School in Nakuru, Kenya killed at least 16 students and injured 97 others, the latest in a pattern of deadly school blazes stretching back to 2001. Kenya's Association of Insurers warns that overcrowded dorms, blocked exits, and missing asset registers leave most schools either uninsurable or critically underinsured, turning each incident into a catastrophic unrecovered loss.