Nairobi, 26 September, 2019 / 12:19 am (ACI Africa).
What was a normal Monday morning school day at Nairobi’s Precious Talent Top School turned tragic when a wing of a two-storey school building caved in on pupils who had reported to the school located near Ngong Racecourse.
Reports have indicated that eight lives were lost and several dozens injured. Various sources have told ACI Africa how the Catholic community has been involved in helping those who were affected.
“On that Monday, a Redemptorist priest Fr. Omondi, visited the hospital and blessed the bodies of the children who (had) died and prayed for those who were affected,” the administrator of St. Joseph health center-Ngado located next to the school, Sr. Sarah Nyambura told ACI Africa Wednesday.
One of those who lost their lives was a member of the Pontifical Missionary Childhood (PMC) under the Sacred Heart parish in the school neighborhood, multiple sources told ACI Africa.
“The assistant priest of the Sacred Heart Parish Fr. Stephen also offered a prayer service that evening and blessed the entire health facility,” Sr. Nyambura who belongs to the congregation of St. Joseph of Tarbes recalled.