​The students were at the playing field after normal lessons when they were struck during the 5.00pm incident. "We had just left class and playing at the field when it started raining some of our colleagues took shelter under a tree when the lightning struck,’’ said a student who survived the tragedy occurred. Five students who has been seriously injured were rushed to Kitale County hospital before one died as doctors attended them. The Principal of the school Mr Hudson Wasike told the Standard that students were playing after the normal lesson when the incident occurred. Dr Dennis Nanyingi, a doctor at the Kitale County hospital, told journalists that they had received five students but one died while undergoing treatment.

Source: Standard Digital March 06, 2019 07:41 UTC