The Kenya Red Cross has established a tracing desk at Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri after 17 pupils lost their lives following a tragic fire incident on Friday morning.
KRCS Mt Kenya head Esther Chege said the desk will help parents in identifying their children.
"In the tracing desk will be able to get all their details including those in the hospital so that we can advise on how to access them," she said.
"We will also offer continuous counselling services starting today. The services will be offered to the learners, parents and the community’’, Chege added.
Nyeri County Commissioner Pius Murugu told journalists that the dormitory that caught fire had 152 boys.
He said the school that is in the remote area of Endarasha has a total of 824 learners.
"The dormitory had around 152 boys inside. We have condoned the scene to see the extent of the burns in the bodies," Murugu said.
"When the tragedy happened, some parents came and picked their children so we are not ready to identify all of them so right now we are trying to trace them," Murugu added.
