A Principal from a private school in Naivasha died on the spot while her two colleagues are fighting for their lives after they were involved in an accident while on their way to collect KCSE examinations papers.
The accident occurred near Longonot town along the Naivasha-Mai Mahiu road after their personal car rammed in the side of a stalled trailer.
The move threw into disarray plans to distribute the papers as education officials moved with speed to send new center managers to the affected schools.
During the 5am accident, the Principal of Reverend Jeremiah Gitau was pronounced dead while the Principals of Kiambogo and Mustard seed secondary schools were injured.
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According to a witness Peter Njoroge, the trailer was the main cause of the accident after the driver left it partially parked on the roadside.
He said that it was dark and foggy in the morning a move that adversely affected visibility leading to the accident along the busy road.
“The driver tried evading ramming the lorry from behind but ended hitting it on the side and in the process one woman died while two male passengers were injured,” he said.
The CEO Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development Dr Julius Jwan confirmed the accident adding that the injured were in Kijabe mission hospital.
“The personal car was on its way to ferry the three principals to Naivasha when they hit a trailer and in the process we lost one person while the other two are undergoing treatment,” he said.
Addressing the press after visiting the affected schools, Jwan said that the exams arrived in the schools on time despite the morning accident.
“We have made sure that the students got their papers on time and they will be informed about the accident once they are through with their day’s paper,” he said.
On his part, Rift Valley regional education coordinator John Ololtuaa said that the deputy principals of the affected schools had been promoted to act as center managers during the exams.
“Apart from the morning accident everything is running smoothly and the exams arrived in all the centers in time despite the ongoing rains,” he said.
And in Naivasha town a student from Milimani High school sat for her papers in Naivasha sub-county hospital after delivering on Sunday evening.
“The student went into labor on Sunday and she delivered in the evening and is seating for her exams in the ward,” said a medic in the facility.
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