Governor Johnson Sakaja has intervened to help stranded students following the government's last-minute decision to postpone the planned school reopening scheduled for Monday, April 29.
Speaking in an interview, Sakaja stated that he has deployed a team to facilitate the transportation of the students back home.
He personally pledged to pay for their bus fare back to the various homes.
The city governor noted that some students were stranded in Nairobi as their parents had already made transport plans ahead of the second term.
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However, the government decision which was made at midnight caught most parents and students off-guard.
"I have seen several pictures of stranded students online some of whom had been given one-way bus fare to school," he stated during an interview on Radio Citizen.
"When I leave, I will go to the stages and pay for all the students who are stranded in town. I have sent my team to check now and I will go to the stages myself. I will give them fare and soda," he added.
At the same time, Sakaja announced that the meals which had been prepared for students would be donated to people affected by floods caused by heavy rains in various parts of the city.
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu had earlier postponed the school reopening due to the flooding situation. He advised parents that the second term will start on Monday, April 6.
"In the face of the ongoing heavy rains, the Ministry of Education last week directed its field officers to submit data from all Basic Education Learning Institutions countrywide to assist the Government in assessing the readiness of the schools for the Second Term opening on Monday, April 29, 2024," he stated.
"Reports received at the Ministry of Education corroborated with data from other relevant Government agencies, show that a number of schools in various regions of the country have been adversely affected by the rains," Machogu added.
