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Ezekiel Machogu Postpones Reopening Of Schools At Past Midnight

BY Soko Directory Team · April 29, 2024 08:04 am

Ezekiel Machogu postponed the reopening of school past midnight, getting millions of parents, teachers, and learners unawares. Most learners who come from far areas away from their school had already started their journey to their respective schools.

Some of the learners had arrived in Nairobi and other places when the announcement from the Cabinet Secretary came through. According to the CS, the schools will be reopened on May 6, 2024, pushing it one more week due to the ongoing floods that have ravaged most parts of the country.

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Here is the statement from the CS:

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Throughout the week, parents and other Kenyans have been calling on the Ministry of Education to postpone the reopening of the schools instead of exposing kids to the dangers of floods. Floods have so far killed over 100 Kenyans as the rain continues to pound.

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But why make the announcement in the middle of the night like night-runners?

Sources within the Ministry of Education say that Ezekiel Machogu is not to blame but Statehouse. The source says that on Friday the previous week, the Ministry of Education recommended the school reopening to pushed out by one week, but was told to wait for a final direction from President William Ruto.

They followed up with statehouse on Wednesday and was told the decision hasn’t been made because the President had been engaged on other issues and His Chief of Staff, the only other person allowed to make such decisions in statehouse was also busy. It is on Sunday midnight/Monday morning that someone at statehouse gave the okay and a communication release.

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