THE STANDARD
EDUCATION
Form One students endure a chilly morning and long lines to be admitted at Kapsabet Boys. [Edward Kosut, Standard]
A major crisis is looming as secondary schools struggle to accommodate the high number of students in order to meet the government’s 100 per cent primary to secondary transition policy.
Other pupils in the countryside were yesterday staring at the possibility of failing to join secondary school due to lack of fees as parents face hard economic times.
In Nyanza and Western, most schools reported high turn-out of Form One students.
For instance, Maseno School in Kisumu County said his school expected to admit 650 students, 100 more than last year.
Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama dies aged 74
Friday December 18 2020
His family said that he had breathing problems after his lungs collapsed.
Governor Nyagarama had been leading campaigns aimed at curbing the virus in his county, urging residents to follow guidelines issued by the government through the Health ministry.
Nyamira Deputy Governor Amos Nyaribo contracted Covid-19 at the beginning of November and was treated at various hospitals in Nairobi for three weeks.
Nyamira Governor John Obiero Nyagarama, 74, died early Friday at the Nairobi Hospital intensive care unit (ICU), where he had been admitted for more than a month.
Reports indicated that the governor suffered Covid-19 complications. His family said that he had breathing problems after his lungs collapsed.
THE STANDARD By
Standard Team |
December 19th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
The curtains yesterday fell on Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama, ending an illustrious career in public service where he served as teacher and tea director before rising to be a political stalwart in the larger Gusii region.
Nyagarama, 74, was elected in 2013 after unsuccessfully trying to clinch the West Mugirango parliamentary seat on two occasions.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, ODM leader Raila Odinga, Deputy President William Ruto, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Council of Governor’s chairman Wycliffe Oparanya yesterday led Kenyans in paying tribute to Nyagarama.
“As a nation, death has robbed us of a gifted leader whose primary mission was to transform the lives of the residents of Nyamira through his county government’s development initiatives,” President Kenyatta said.