Kisoko Students Burn School

By Davis WeddiSTUDENTS of Kisoko High School, Tororo District, on Thursday set ablaze their school buildings and damaged school vehicles before assaulting the headmaster and his deputy.Tororo District Police Commander Andrew Sorowen, said on Saturday that eight students believed to have been the ring leaders, were arrested and are detained at Tororo Police Station.Sorowen said the headmaster, Mr. Offitti, sustained a bruised arm when the students pelted him with stones, while his deputy, Christopher Onyango, had a deep cut on the head.Some teachers who escaped from the enraged students, reported to nearby Kisoko Police post. Police officers rushed to the school but were too late to stop the fire.They, however, stopped the students from burning the two school vehicles.The Fire Brigade called in from Mbale, over 40kms away, arrived too late to stop the fire from spreading further. It had already gutted the offices of the headmaster, his deputy, the bursar, the library and five classrooms.“This is barbaric. The damage is so extensive and it will take long for this school to recover” Sorowen said. The strike followed the suspension of four students for escaping to attend a beauty contest in Tororo town, 15kms away.Ends