{"id":4116,"date":"2023-03-17T14:37:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T14:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=4116"},"modified":"2023-03-17T14:37:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T14:37:25","slug":"why-kakamega-court-awarded-sh18-75million-to-kakamega-primary-parents-whose-children-died-in-a-deadly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=4116","title":{"rendered":"Why Kakamega court awarded Sh18.75million to Kakamega primary parents whose children died in a deadly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Iptisam Abdallah, Kakamega<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parents of the 15 pupils of Kakamega Primary school who died in a deadly stampede three years ago have been awarded Sh1.25 million each by a Kakamega Court.<\/p>\n<p>The pupils succumbed to the injuries they sustained during the stampede that occurred on February 3, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Kakamega Chief magistrate Linus Kassan ruled that the families should receive the said amount as compensation following a lawsuit filed by victims&#8217; parents against the Attorney General, Kakamega County Attorney and the institution\u2019s board chairman.<\/p>\n<p>The suit was filed by Ibrahim Kiverenge, Jerusha Kiverenge, Joyce Mabuko\u00a0 and Irene Nambundo claimed\u00a0 the government&#8217;s compensation for their\u00a0 children&#8217;s subjection to\u00a0 premature death arising from dangerous and poor conditions which would have otherwise been mitigated .<\/p>\n<p>The accused were said to have been negligent in ensuring the children&#8217;s safety during school hours.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-362\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/salma-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"635\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>A Kakamega primary pupil who died during the stampede<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The unfortunate incident ensued on a Monday evening when hundreds of children were running down the narrow and dark stairway heading to their homes.<\/p>\n<p>According to witnesses,\u00a0 a teacher chased the children\u00a0 causing a commotion of pushing\u00a0\u00a0 and falling that resulted to\u00a0 a stampede that sent them stumbling down after piling on each other.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, 39 succumbed to injuries and were admitted to Kakamega General Hospital while 15 others died on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>Post-mortem reports attributed the\u00a0 death of the 15 pupils\u00a0 to lack of enough supply of oxygen that led to suffocation.<\/p>\n<p>This left the deceased&#8217;s parents grief stricken and in disbelief of how a normal school day could turn into a mourning ground.<\/p>\n<p>In his ruling, Linus Kassan found the defendants liable for the minors fatal injuries at a 100 percent liability.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345\" src=\"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DSC_7746-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1696\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>A requiem mass for Kakamega pupils who died in a stampede in 2020<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8221; In my view, the school management are responsible for the care of the minors and bear the greatest responsibility of ensuring that the children are safe and free from harm.&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; They ought to have overseen any danger that may have arisen in case of such an unexpected event being the caretakers of the children during the school going hours. For the above reasons, I find and uphold that the defendants are jointly liable for minors fatal injuries at 100 percent liabilities. The said care and duty was breached causing the death of the innocent minors,&#8221; said Kassan<\/p>\n<p>The judgement came as a relief to parents who have awaited for this day after 3 years of court proceedings in the quest for justice.<\/p>\n<p>The school&#8217;s board of management, County Director of Education and the Attorney General who has been sued on behalf of the Ministry of Education will pay for costs and interest in the case of court rates.<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Iptisam Abdallah, Kakamega Parents of the 15 pupils of Kakamega Primary school who died in a deadly stampede three years ago have been awarded Sh1.25 million each by a Kakamega Court. The pupils succumbed to the injuries they sustained during the stampede that occurred on February 3, 2020. 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