41 years after lightning killed 11 pupils, schools still unsafe

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41 years after lightning killed 11 pupils, schools still unsafe

State and school management seem to have learnt very little from the tragedy that befell Biego Primary School in Nyamira County in 1980.

Source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke

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