LETTERS: Hiving off Lenana land for a school a misstep

The tragedy that befell Precious Talents Academy School in Nairobi recently is regrettable. To lose such young souls in what was ‘preventable’ means we, collectively, failed these children in a way bigger than we would care to admit. We failed them with our indifference.

Indifference that made us appear ‘shocked’ that this happened in the first place. Indifference that make us surprised that a majority of informal settlements are health and fire hazards that are happenstance away from tragedy. Indifference that make us entertain politicians rushing to tragedy scene, each with ‘first aid’ immediate solutions when they had a whole length of time to plan accordingly.