Education CS Ezekiel Machogu will appear before the senate on Wednesday to answer to questions on the tragedy that struck Mukumu Girls High School.
Machogu will state remedial actions that the Education Ministry has taken to allow the resumption of learning at Mukumu Girls High School in Kakamega County.
This was after the school was closed down for three weeks on April 3, 2023, after the death of three students following an outbreak of diarrhoea.
In addition, the CS will state the support his ministry has given to the families of the deceased.
Further, he will state whether his ministry intends to compensate families affected by the suspected contamination.
The outbreak saw over 124 students hospitalised at the Kakamega County General Hospital in a suspected case of food and water poisoning.
Director General of Health Patrick Amoth said the food students consumed was contaminated with human faeces.
"The Ministry wishes to inform the general public that this disease is likely to be a mixture of E. coli and Salmonella typhi which usually occurs if water sources are contaminated with these micro-organisms," he said in a statement.
Following the incident, the CS named Jane Mmbone as the school head and transferred Mukumu Girl's Principal Frida Ndolo.
The CS also disbanded the school's board of management which has so far left three students and a teacher dead.
He made the changes when he toured the school to assess the situation.
