As schools reopen this coming Monday, May 13, 2024, learners at Ruiru Girls' Secondary in Kiambu County will be facing a new hurdle after 20 toilets collapsed and sunk due to heavy rains in the past week.
The institution, which is the only public girls' boarding school in Ruiru constituency, houses 1,031 students majority of whom are boarders.
Speaking during a tree planting event at the school, Principal Gloria Waithera said only 16 out of the 36 pit toilets have survived the torrential rainfall that caused havoc across the country.
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She appealed to the government and well-wishers to chip in and help rebuild the facilities as the remaining ones are not enough for the student population.
Area MP Simon King'ara who joined school members of staff in the tree planting exercise promised to avail temporary toilets as the NG-CDF prepares to allocate funds for construction of permanent ones.
"We cannot say there are enough funds to rebuild all the damaged schools in the constituency at once but we shall start by providing temporary toilets in this school and at least 10 others which have been submerged by floods," King'ara said.
The MP also divulged that there are plans to move displaced people currently housed in three primary school grounds to other areas to pave the way for learners as they resume classes next week.
The affected schools are Kwa Ng'ethe, Kahawa Wendsni and St Augustine in Kiuu ward where hundreds of residents were accommodated after their houses were flooded.
King'ara also pointed out that most areas in Ruiru are water-soaked and as a result, the reconstruction process may not take place immediately.
The MP stressed the importance of tree planting and appealed to Kenyans to join the exercise in support of President William Ruto's resolve to plant 15 billion trees in five years.
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