Education and security bosses in Samburu have asked principals of schools in the area to invest in an intelligence gathering system that will see them prevent dorm fires.
County director of education Zachary Mutwiri said this will help identify conflicts that could lead to the burning of property and unrest in their schools.
He said boards of management are supposed to meet and submit a list of precautionary measures.
"It is now a policy that all BOMs in schools meet and lay strategies on how to contain the unnecessary riots and other occurrences in schools."
County commissioner John Korir said any principal whose institution will experience unrest will be held accountable.
"In case of laxity of any magnitude, everybody must bear responsibility for carelessness," Korir said.
The county’s TSC director Suleman Odipo said lack of enough teachers in secondary schools has given students ample time to organise strikes.
He said: "Most of the schools in Samburu, particularly day schools, are operating with one to three teachers."
The three spoke at Mallet house in Maralal town during a stakeholders' meeting on mitigating chaos in schools.
Samburu Woman Representative Maison Leshoomo and Samburu North MP Alois Lentoimaga also attended.
Leshoomo said similar meetings will take place in Samburu North and Samburu East sub-counties.
Eighty students of
Maralal Boys' High School in Samburu
Central, the county's only national boys' school, lost their property in a dormitory fire on Sunday evening.
Parents who rushed to the institution after being alerted asked the management to ensure their children are safe.
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On Monday,
Kenya Power's Lamu office refuted claims by some school heads that fires are due to electric faults.
County manager
Bernad Kataka complained that blame is often heaped on the company by principals and boards who use is as a "sacrificial lamb".
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