Njoro Girls High school has sent home form three and form four students following the death of a form four girl on Saturday.

Nakuru county director of education Victoria Mulili confirms that school to Take the decision following the high tension that had grew among the students over the death of Brenda Akinyi.

Akinyi died while receiving treatment at Nakuru County Teaching and Referral on Saturday morning.

Njoro Girls School form Four students Brenda Akinyi who died on Saturday January 31,2026 while receiving treatment at Nakuru County Teaching and Referral

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“Following demonstrations by community members outside the school yesterday, we found it necessary to send Form Three and Form Four students home. There was a lot of tension and emotions were running high in the school due to the death of the student,” Mulili notes.

She adds that the affected students are expected to resume learning on February 8, 2026, to allow time for calm to return.

“We want them to go home and cool off before resuming school,” she states.

Mulili, however, clarified that Grade 10 students remain in school and assured parents and the public that their safety has been guaranteed. She says police officers have been at the school to support security guards as tensions continue to rise within the surrounding community.

On Monday, the school environs witnessed tense scenes as youth and women from Njoro staged protests, marching towards the school demanding answers from the administration. The demonstrators claimed that this was not the first time a student had died at the school due to what they described as negligence in handling medical cases.

A former parent, Peris Maloba, speaking during the protests, alleged that the school’s deputy principal had previously been at the centre of complaints regarding how student welfare issues were handled.

The demonstrations escalated into confrontations with police officers who attempted to block protesters from accessing the school compound, leading to the use of teargas to disperse the crowd.

According to the girl’s mother, Millicent Onyango, Akinyi fell ill on Wednesday, but she was only alerted about her daughter’s condition by a person close to her who had visited the school for work, and not by the school administration.

“They said my daughter had been receiving treatment from the school nurse for three days. I picked her up on Friday and we sought help at Njoro Sub-County Hospital before we were referred to Nakuru PGH. My daughter died at the hospital at 7am on Saturday,” Onyango says.

The Ministry of Education, however, disputed claims of negligence by the school in handling Akinyi’s case. Officials noted that the student had been ailing and was in and out of school seeking medical attention.

“At the time of her illness, Akinyi was under close monitoring by the school nurse before her parents were given permission to take her to hospital. There was no negligence in how her case was handled, as she had complained of a headache and was given Brufen,” Mulili says.

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