The police have linked the Busia school fire that claimed the lives of four pupils to possible arson.
The fierce fire that gutted the boys’ dormitory at Victory Nursery and Primary school in Busia Town is believed to have started at about midnight while the pupils were asleep.
Moses Mugwe, the Bukedi South police spokesman, says preliminary investigations point to possible arson.
Mugwe said they are reliably informed that this dormitory was accommodating 62 male juvenile pupils with some from the upper section and lower classes.
He says preliminary findings reveal that while these pupils were sleeping in their dormitory, someone dropped something and it was lit with fire.
Godfrey Barasa, the Busia municipal Inspector of Schools, says the school authorities had not been allowed to operate the boarding section.
He also reveals that the affected dormitory did not have fire hydrants, while the matron and the school security guard were not up to the task.
POLICE SUSPECT POSSIBLE ARSON IN BUSIA SCHOOL FIRE
