Education officials in Nakuru are keeping a close watch on the senior students’ conduct at schools following a wave of unrests that have led to destruction of school property across Nakuru County.

Nakuru County Director of Education Victoria Mulili urged students in form four and three to demonstrate maturity while addressing their grievances and other concerns at school.

Mulili advised the students to use established communication channels to express concerns instead of resorting to unrest and destruction.

"By now they should have matured enough to know that they need to be responsible enough since they are the people we are looking up to, to take up leadership positions in the future," She states

She was speaking in the wake of another unrest at Jomo Kenyatta Boys High School which saw the Form Three and Form Four students sent home on February 10, 2026.

According to Mulili tensions in the school escalated after the death of a Form Three student earlier in the week.

“A Form Three student died in school on Monday. The same evening, Form Three and Form Four students rioted after evening preps and damaged windowpanes in the school. They had to be sent home to allow for calm and stability in the institution,” Mulili notes.

The education officials say ongoing counselling and engagement with learners will be key in restoring normalcy and preventing similar incidents in other schools across the county.

Besides Jomo Kenyatta Boys other schools within the county experienced the similar incidents of unrest.

At Solai Boys High School, Form Three and Form Four students were also sent home following unrest that began on the night of Tuesday, February 3 where students destroyed school property including an 88-capacity dormitory.

At Njoro Girls High School, unrest broke out following the death of a Form Four student, Brenda Akinyi, who died after a short illness. The postmortem later revealed that the student died of Cerebral Malaria.

During the riot Students damaged classroom windowpanes and the school bus, prompting police to be called in to restore calm before learners were sent home.

Mulili notes that in all the affected schools, Grade 10 students were not involved in the unrest and have remained in school.

“They are new in the institutions and are still adjusting, unlike Form Three and Form Four students who have been in school longer,” she explains.

The official regretted that destruction of school property places a financial burden on parents and disrupts learning and called for restrain among the senior learners.

“In schools there are clear ways of addressing complaints through the administration. Senior students must act responsibly and set a good example for younger learners,” Mulili concluded.

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