Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has commiserated with the Kapsabet Boys High School community following a road crash that claimed two lives.
One of the institution's buses was ferrying students and teachers on an academic trip when it rolled at Patkawanin along the Kabarnet-Marigat Highway on Saturday, March 16.
A teacher and a student died, with several others sustaining injuries of varied degrees, as confirmed by Baringo County Commission Stephen Kutwa who led a team of police officers at the scene for rescue operations.
According to sources, the bus failed in its brakes thus rolling down the road.
Speaking a day after the tragedy, the deputy president sympathised with the school and the families that lost their loved ones.
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He had made a stopover at the school while heading to the Kapsabet AIC for a church service on Sunday, March 17.
In his company were local leaders among them Nandi governor Stephen Sang and Senator Samson Cherargei.
Assuring the school of the government's support, Gachagua relayed President William Ruto's message of condolence.
"Our prayers and deepest sympathies are with (you) students, teachers, and parents of Kapsabet High School for the tragic road accident on Saturday, that claimed the lives of a student and a teacher. We pray for a quick recovery for the injured who are receiving treatment in various hospitals in Baringo and Uasin Gishu," he said.
"We shall give you the support that is required as you prepare to bury the student and teacher," he added.
Further, the deputy president, while taking note of the damage to the bus, promised that a new bus would be procured for the school.
"I want to give a commitment on behalf of the president. I will talk to him later in the day and I am sure that he will give you another bus to replace that one so that you are able to continue with your academic tours," he said.
The deputy president counselled school bus drivers to exercise care and vigilance while ferrying students on the roads.
