Education stakeholders calls on government to install lightning arrestersEducation stakeholders have called on the national and county government to install lightning arrestors in schools and market centres to reduce cases of students being struck by lightning. “Cases of lightning strikes are on increase since rain is usually accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning and schools have fallen victims of such disasters. We need concerted efforts from both the national and county government to safeguard our students against such calamities,” Wangwe said. Following the incident, the legislator has installed 8 lightning arrestors in the constituency and pledged to install more to avert the situation. In August 2015, seven pupils were struck by lightning while playing football St Luke Lumakanda Secondary School where five of them died on the spot.

Source: Standard Digital March 04, 2019 09:43 UTC