It was business unusual on Tuesday morning at Eregi Girls High School as parents stormed into the school.
In a video seen by the Star, the parents appeared angry and demanded to see the Principal to know the whereabouts of their children.
" Tumekuwa hapa tangu six asubuhi na hatujaona huyo mwalimu. Yuko wapi?" one parent is heard asking
This loosely translates to: We have been here since six in the morning and we haven't seen the principal. Where is he?
Another parent is heard saying," If the Principal is smart, he should have erected a tent for information."
On Monday, it was reported that at least 62 Eregi Girls High School students were hospitalised in various hospitals in Kakamega county over an undisclosed illness.
Sources privy to the situation told the Star that 30 students are admitted to Kakamega Level Five Hospitals, 20 to Shibwe Level Four Hospital and 12 to Iguhu Level Four Hospital.
A medic at Ihugu Hospital told the Star that initial laboratory tests had revealed that the students had elevated electrolytes, meaning that they had lost fluids.
Electrolytes are essential for basic life functioning, such as maintaining electrical neutrality in human body cells and generating and conducting action potentials in the nerves and muscles.
Prolonged or severe diarrhoea and sweating can result in the loss of electrolytes.
