Kenya postpones schools reopening over flooding

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Kenya postpones schools reopening over flooding

STORY: Kenya postpones schools reopening over flooding SHOOTING TIME: April 29, 2024 DATELINE: April 30, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:41 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of children in flooded areas 2. various of children and parents at home STORYLINE: Kenya has postponed by a week the scheduled school reopening to May 6 due to devastating flooding which is being experienced across the country. Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said on Monday that they have received data that some schools had been adversely affected by the ongoing flooding. Machogu said sending students and staff to the affected schools would be putting their lives at risk, hence it was decided to postpone the reopening. "The devastating effects of the rains in some of the schools are so severe that it will be imprudent to risk the lives of learners and staff before water-tight measures are put in place to ensure adequate safety of all affected school communities," he said in a statement issued in Nair

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