LOCAL NEWS KEN SIMIYU 2-10-2014 KANAMKEMER PRIMARY FACING A THREAT OF OUTBREAK OF DISEASES DUE TO OVERFLOWING LATRINES.

St Patrick primary school located in Kanamkemer, Lodwar town is facing a number of problems that will probably lead to its closure even before the end of the academic term. The school which hosted Turkana cultural festival on August this year is now facing numerous challenges with the big one been overflowing latrines making it dangerous for the pupils to learn in that environment.

Overflowing latrines is just but among the many problems the school is facing besides lack of water, lack of fence and breakages of desks and chairs suffered during the monumental festival. It is now clear that if a solution cannot be found soon an outbreak of waterborne diseases like cholera is going to be evident.

Speaking during an interview with Radio Akicha, the school deputy head teacher, Mrs. Norah Esinyen, said that the festival which the school hosted left uncountable damages.

It is now uncomfortable for the school with a population of 2356 pupils to continue with the normal run of activities. Responding to the issue, county executive in charge of Education, Margaret Kuchal, said that they already tried emptying the latrines but it was impossible because the pupils used stones to block them.

She also added that they will try to rescue the situation by opening one of the latrines so that the pupils can continue with learning smoothly.