Parents of pupils learning at Kapseret primary school on the outskirts of Eldoret town decided to take the responsibility to construct temporary toilets in order to help their children resume learning. The construction that started Thursday is still on.
The pupils were sent home after the school was closed indefinitely due lack of latrines that hampered learning in the school. Kapseret primary had to be closed by Health officials after the latrines were reported to be full and almost overflowing.
The closure of the school comes a month after Uasin Gishu county Health officials visited the school and issued the administration with a closure warning.
The pupils will still have to remain at home until the poor sanitation conditions at the school are improved. This has led the parents and school management to construct temporary latrines in order to improve the situation.
"We have decided to build temporary toilets to enable our children to come back to school," said John Kemboi, chairperson of the School Board of Management.
Kemboi has since accused the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) of neglecting the school. He said that their efforts to obtain funds to construct toilets in the school has never been successful.
The school will have to remain closed as ordered by the county Health officials until the situation is improved. The authority has threatened to sue anyone who will make an attempt at reopening the school without meeting the conditions.
"Reopening of closed premises without written authority from this office shall lead to prosecution," read in part a letter from the county Health offices.