Baringo Secondary in Recovery Process, Seeks Funds For Completion

BY WALTER KIBET

Baringo Secondary School is in the process of recovery after it was affected by floods in July, 2020.

The school, which is located in Baringo County lost all its infrastructure and had to relocate to a new environment after the disaster.

According to the principal Samson Lekakimon, the new location had no structure, forcing the management to start from scratch. “The school lost 100 percent of the school land and buildings; we relocated to a new land with nothing.”

Luckily, well wishers together with the government aided in the construction of 8 classrooms, which has enabled studies to continue running as expected. The Kenyan Urban Roads Authority through their Social Corporate Responsibility also took part in the construction of one classroom. Currently, the school has a total of 10 classrooms.

Despite the progress, the school still faces a myriad of challenges, the growing population of students being one of them. The school now has a population of 312 students, making accommodation difficult since the school only has two dormitories, which are made of iron sheets.

Various constructions to bring the school to shape are among the many activities the management is working on. The school library is on the slab level of construction. Moreover, the construction of a new administration block is still underway, requiring sh. 30 million to complete. The lab also requires sh. 4 million of funds to be complete. “We have started con- well as a dining hall for students to eat. The problem of water is also evident in the school. structions; the administration block and the school laboratory and are waiting for funds to be able to complete,” said the principal.

According to the principal, the construction of major hostels for both the boys and girls will improve the status of accommodation aside from pushing the population to around 600.

Since the school currently has no fence, this poses a challenge of security to the students.

The school lacks a kitchen as

Academically, the school scored a mean of 4.353 in the 2022 K.C.S.E examinations with 3 students scoring the minimum required grade for university. The principal says the set target for this year is a mean of 5.

He also thanked the stakeholders, the community, board of management, parents, teachers, ministry of education as well as well-wishers for being part of the recovery process.