{"id":19393,"date":"2026-01-12T19:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/19393\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T19:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:17:09","slug":"ruto-in-stitches-as-pupils-identify-kindiki-as-fire-si-fire-in-nyeri-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/19393\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto in stitches as pupils identify Kindiki as \u2018Fire si Fire\u2019 in Nyeri school"},"content":{"rendered":"

President William Ruto speaks to pupils flanked by his Deputy Kithure Kindiki and other dignitaries at PCEA Nyamachaki Comprehensive School in Nyeri Town on January 12, 2026.\/PCS<\/p>\n

President William Ruto speaking to pupils\u00a0at PCEA Nyamachaki Comprehensive School in Nyeri Town on January 12, 2026.\/PCS<\/p>\n

A brief comic moment unfolded at PCEA Nyamachaki Comprehensive School on
\nMonday when students identified Deputy President Kithure Kindiki as \u201cFire si
\nFire\u201d during President William Ruto\u2019s tour to launch newly built classrooms.<\/p>\n

Ruto, who was accompanied by senior government
\nofficials, joined students mid-lesson and used the opportunity to encourage
\nthem to embrace polite language, respect, and discipline as key values for
\nsuccess in school and beyond.<\/p>\n

He walked the learners through a short, informal exercise on communication
\netiquette, demonstrating how courtesy phrases such as \u201cexcuse me\u201d improve
\nclarity and mutual respect.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many of you know my name?\u201d he asked,
\ndrawing laughter before continuing with the lesson.<\/p>\n

The President said the four new classrooms completed in partnership with
\nlocal leaders would ease congestion and enable the school to admit more
\nlearners, especially as population growth and new housing schemes increase
\ndemand.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy that today we come to
\ninaugurate these beautiful classes so that you can continue to learn,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Teachers welcomed the expansion, saying additional facilities would further
\nenhance learning conditions and help the school absorb more pupils.<\/p>\n

Ruto reiterated that education remains central to the administration\u2019s
\nagenda and promised continued collaboration to improve learning outcomes and
\nstudent development.<\/p>\n

As he concluded his remarks, the President
\nintroduced Deputy President Kindiki to the class and asked if the pupils
\nrecognised him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis name is Excellency Kindiki,\u201d the students
\nfirst replied.<\/p>\n

When Ruto pressed them further on if they knew any other name for Kindiki, some shouted, \u201cFire si Fire,\u201d
\nprompting laughter from the President, DP Kindiki, and guests in the room.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The President said the government is\u00a0<\/p>\n

expanding education opportunities through increased funding to schools, hiring of 100,000 teachers and the development of more infrastructure, including 23,000 classrooms and 1,600 laboratories, across the country. \n<\/p>\n

“We are expanding education opportunities through increased funding to schools, hiring of 100,000 teachers and the development of more infrastructure, including 23,000 classrooms and 1,600 laboratories, across the country.\u00a0We have also provided the funding required for the promotion of 25,000 teachers to enhance their careers and boost their work,” Ruto said.<\/p>\n

“We will provide another KSh20 million to Nyamachaki Comprehensive School for the expansion of facilities that will accommodate more learners.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President William Ruto speaks to pupils flanked by his Deputy Kithure Kindiki and other dignitaries at PCEA Nyamachaki…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[12237,12240,12239,80,12238,12236,6919,100,101,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-19393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-brief-comic-moment-with-students","9":"tag-deputy-president-kithure-kindiki","10":"tag-fire-si-fire","11":"tag-kenya","12":"tag-launch-of-new-classroom","13":"tag-light-moment","14":"tag-president-ruto","15":"tag-star-news-kenya","16":"tag-the-star","17":"tag-the-star-newspaper"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}