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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Students at Maranda High School will be required to undergo a mandatory drug test before reporting to school.<\/p>\n

According to a text message sent to parents and guardians by the school administration, all students should undergo a drug test before reporting to school on Monday, January 3, 2022.<\/p>\n

The decision was reached upon following a meeting by the school’s board of management on December 23, which resolved that students undergo tests in a public facility or at the National Authority for the Campaign Against Drugs and Alcohol abuse (NACADA).<\/p>\n

“All the students to undergo a mandatory drug and substance test while at home. This must be done in a public health facility or NACADA,” the message read in part.<\/p>\n

The students will be mandated to present certificates on an opening day. However, Maranda High School noted that the school would do a follow-up test on the same.<\/p>\n

“Subsequently, there shall be a random testing conducted in and by the school,” the message read in part.<\/p>\n

In addition, all students will be subjected to pay Ksh5,125 in damages for the reconstruction of the dormitory that burnt down on December 5.<\/p>\n

Parents will be required to pay the amount and the school fees in full before re-admission into the school. The school also announced that the students would report in batches.<\/p>\n

For instance, specific Form One, Three and Four streams will report at 8 a.m on the re-opening date.<\/p>\n

Maranda High School sent students home after the Boaz Owino dormitory was set ablaze.<\/p>\n

The incident came just weeks after the school was closed indefinitely after a fire razed a dormitory housing 200 students on November 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

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