This archive report was first published on 26 September 2019.
On September 26, 2019, a devastating building collapse at Precious Talents School in Kenya left eight pupils dead and 64 others injured.
Owner Moses Wainaina was arrested on Thursday evening and detained at Kabete Police Station pending arraignment, following the government's decision to shut down the school and transfer the pupils to other institutions.
Education CS Prof. George Magoha had previously directed that the school be closed for a week to allow for investigations into the tragedy.
Prof. Magoha stated that the owners of the school constructed an additional floor to the single-storey building without seeking approval, placing the pupils' lives in danger.
“I have been to all the other classrooms and in my most humble opinion they are stable. So if a spade must be called a spade ahead of the investigations, you notice that somebody went and build another storey on top of the temporary structure. If you go ahead and do so without anybody's approval I think we should be fair to each other including being fair to government,” said Magoha.
