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Why former pupil is suing top city school for Sh 26m


A former Loreto Convent Msongari pupil on Wednesday narrated how she and her schoolmates were involved in a road accident six years ago.

Ms Madikizela Otieno, a law student at the University of Nottingham in the UK, said she was dropped off at school in the morning on July 29, 2011 by her mother for a Standard 7 and 8 trip.

Ms Otieno, 19, told Mr Justice Richard Mwongo that her schoolmates asked the headmistress whether they could use two buses.

But the headteacher, who was also on the trip, insisted on using one, which was overcrowded.

The first year university student said the pupils visited two factories in Meru County and were proceeding with their journey when the accident occurred in Buuri Sub-County at 6 pm.

“I remember hearing screeches as the driver tried to apply brakes,” said Ms Otieno, adding that the bus rolled several times.

Two pupils died while 69 others and seven teachers were injured. The accident occurred along the steep Subuiga slope on the Meru-Nanyuki road.

“I was admitted to Nairobi Hospital for 42 days and referred to Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London,” said Ms Otieno, who has sued the school management and the bus driver for Sh26 million in compensation.

The case will be heard on October 30.