School fire tragedies expose recurring safety concerns in Kenya

In the past two decades, more than 100 students have died in school-related tragedies, a pattern some parents now describe as a systemic failure. The latest incident at Utumishi Girls Academy, which claimed 16 lives, has once again exposed Kenya’s painful history of school fires, where families lose children they believed were safe within school walls. Laura Otieno now examines this silent crisis that continues to claim young lives.