Sh96 million set to rebuild Lindi school hit by disaster

Alfred Zacharia is a business reporter for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers.

Dodoma. The government has allocated Sh96 million to rebuild four classrooms and a head teacher’s office at Mkwajuni Primary School in Lindi after part of the school was destroyed by a disaster earlier this year.

A statement issued on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, by the Prime Minister’s Office responsible for Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG) shows that the project follows an appeal raised in Parliament by Mchinga lawmaker, Ms Salma Kikwete, over the condition of the school.

The disaster struck on January 29, 2026, destroying the roofs of two classrooms, the head teacher’s office, two teachers’ houses and pupils’ toilets.

Another classroom was damaged after a cashew tree fell on it.