Gloomy term ahead for 5,000 learners as Lake Baringo swallows schools
Nosukuro Primary School, one of the schools submerged by the rising water of Lake Baringo, on October 14, 2020. Learners in the school and many others do not have a place to learn as schools prepare to reopen on January 4, 2021.
Major roads in the area have also been submerged, preventing pupils from neighbouring villages from reaching their schools on foot.
The Nation learnt that what was a playfield 10 metres from the school compound is now infested with crocodiles and hippos.
As schools reopen for the first time after they were shut in March due to Covid-19, the fate of more than 5,000 learners in flood-prone of Baringo South is unknown as 15 schools swallowed by the rising Lake Baringo water are yet to be rebuilt by the government as promised.
Learning institutions bordering the lake, and which were submerged, needed to be relocated and rebuilt in safer areas.
