01/09/2026
I am sharing this with a very heavy heart.
This is Tolong ECDE Centre, located in Chesongoch, Endoo Ward, Marakwet East Constituency, Elgeyo Marakwet County.
Just look at the condition of these school structures. They are extremely risky, dangerous, and not fit to host learners at all.
The classrooms are dilapidated, the iron sheets are rusted and hanging, the structures are weak and can collapse at any moment. Our young children, our innocent ECDE learners, are forced to study in fear inside these death traps.
We must ask the hard questions, What will happen if strong winds blow?
What will happen if we experience heavy rains, which are common in this area?
Who will take responsibility if this structure collapses on our children?
WE MUST ACT BEFORE TRAGEDY STRIKES.
We cannot and we must not gamble with the lives of our children. Education should be a place of hope and safety, not a place of fear and danger.
Therefore, I am making a passionate appeal to those responsible:
1. The County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet, Department of Education and ECDE.
2. The Leadership of Endoo Ward.
3. The Leadership of Marakwet East Constituency.
4. And all well-wishers and stakeholders in education.
Please urgently intervene and ensure that our learners at Tolong ECDE have safe, secure, and dignified classrooms. Our children deserve better. They deserve a conducive learning environment like any other child in Kenya.
Let us fix Tolong ECDE before it is too late. Let us not wait to react after a tragedy. Let us act now.
Our children are our future. Let us protect them.