Witness: Cameras Were Functional Before Endarasha Fire Tragedy
img_tag = ("A CCTV expert's testimony has just blown a massive hole in the Endarasha Academy fire investigation — revealing that all 11 security cameras at the school were working perfectly just days before 21 young lives were lost in flames.
Technical expert John Kamau told investigators yesterday that every single camera system at the Nyeri school was fully operational when he conducted routine maintenance on September 2nd, just three days before the September 5th tragedy that shocked the nation. The cameras mysteriously failed to capture the crucial moments when fire ripped through the boys' dormitory, killing 21 pupils and leaving families across Kenya demanding answers.
Kamau's testimony adds another layer to the growing questions surrounding what really happened that night. Parents who had trusted the school to keep their children safe are now learning that the very systems meant to provide security and accountability went dark at the most critical moment. The CCTV footage could have been the key to understanding how the fire started and spread so quickly through the dormitory.
For families from Nyeri to Nairobi who scrape together school fees — some even taking M-Pesa loans or selling family land to afford boarding school — this revelation cuts deep. These parents chose boarding schools believing their children would be safer under 24-hour supervision, with modern security systems providing an extra layer of protection their rural homes might lack.
The timing raises uncomfortable questions that investigators must now pursue. How does a fully functional camera system fail to record during a deadly emergency? Was this a technical malfunction, deliberate tampering, or something more sinister? The families of the 21 children deserve to know whether evidence that could explain their children's deaths has been lost or hidden.
The expert's testimony also puts pressure on school administrators and the investigating team to explain the gap between working cameras and missing footage. Other parents across Kenya's boarding schools are now asking harder questions about the safety measures their own children's schools claim to have in place.
As this investigation continues to unfold, one question haunts every parent who has ever waved goodbye to a child heading to boarding school: if the cameras were working before the fire, where is the footage that could finally give these families the truth they desperately need?