BY HOME NEWS TEAM
Strong winds that proceeded a heavy rainfall swept Nyahururu on Thursday, November 3, wrecking havoc in various parts of the town including building at Thomson’s Falls GK Prison, Nyahururu DBE Primary School and Nyahururu Municipal Stadium…
Standing at sections of the fallen mabati roof the chairman of Nyahururu DBE Primary School, Stanley Kibira, told The Home News that the wind destroyed the school’s multi-purpose hall beyond repair, and urgent assistance to build another hall was greatly needed.
He said the hall was used for many purposes including parents’ meetings, sitting for exams, public seminars and church congregation meeting.
Luckily, there was no body inside the hall when the winds pulled the roof down, for pupils were in their classes studying.
Kabira said that the semi-permanent building was built in 1994 and was valued between Sh. 500,000 and Sh 1 million. It had a sitting capacity of 300 people.
He asked for donations to construct another hall from the local CDF and well wishers.
The wind seem to have followed a somehow straight path because after DEB, it descended on Nyahururu Stadium and pulled the roofing off the tiered public galley. No body was there.
The “devil” winds then passed on to the Nyahururu prison where it uprooted trees and blew off the root of a mud-walled house. Interestingly, the destroyed houses were either ancient edifices or temporarily constructed.
Some volunteer youths helped to clear the stadium of debris after the incident, gathering broken up iron sheets to prevent any accident that might follow. Nobody was reported to have been hurt in all the happenings. One cynic was heard saying that the winds were a blessing in disguise as they destroyed old building which will now be made anew.
REPORTED BY WARUI SIMON & WACHU KABIRU
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