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Baringo children face uncertain future as banditry cripples learning in schools

A headteacher stands in an empty classroom after pupils flee away over bandit attacks. [Philip Muasya, Standard]

In the sleepy Kagir village, lies a solemn sight, the fresh grave of Joseph Kibet, the late head teacher of Kagir Primary School.

Just a few metres away from the school he devoted his professional life, Kibet's grave stands out adorned with weathering flowers, a testament of the community's sorrow under the scorching sun.

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