Day schools in Kakamega, Mombasa and six other areas to close on Monday for elections
Education Cabinet secretary George Magoha has announced day schools in Mombasa, Kakamega counties, and in six other locations with upcoming polls will be closed on Monday.
The institutions would reopen on Tuesday following the conclusion of the elections.
“We as a country are going through a very difficult time. The IEBC has pronounced itself with regards to elections basically in Kakamega and Mombasa and parliamentary ones and MCAs ones but ones that concern us in education are the big ones in Kakamega and Mombasa,” he said.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the candidates chose Monday, August 29, 2022, as the date of the elections in the areas where they had been postponed during a consultative meeting yesterday.
“In terms of our children, because I don’t want them to miss any more time, we have also agreed as a government that the boarding schools shall not be closed, interfered with. Those that are polling centres, the children will remain in their boarding houses, in the fields and the libraries,” noted the CS.
“As far as day schools are concerned, we think one day is not bad enough, the children can stay at home on Monday the 29th and report back to school on Tuesday the 30th. For those mixed schools, the same will apply. The day scholars should remain at home for that Monday and report the following day. The boarding scholars should remain in school and remain away from the polling areas,” he added.
The other six are the elections for members of the National Assembly in Kitui Rural (Kitui County), Kacheliba (West Pokot county), Pokot South (West Pokot County), and Rongai (Rongai County) (Nakuru County).
Elections for Member of County Assembly Wards in Kwa Njenga (Embakasi South Constituency – Nairobi County) and Nyaki West had also been advanced by the electoral body (North Imenti Constituency– Meru county).
