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Kenya: Why Are Students Setting Fire to Their Schools?
The Conversation Africa, 24 November 2016
Over the past few years, students have set fire to hundreds of secondary schools across Kenya. The tally includes more than 120 cases in 2016 alone. Why students are setting fire… Read more »
Why Are Kenyan Students Setting Fire to Their Schools?
Members of the government have suggested that the fires have been masterminded and supported by "cartels" in retaliation against the government's crackdown on lucrative exam-cheating schemes, according to Elizabeth Cooper of Simon Fraser University.
A dormitory was razed by fire at Giakaibii High School in Mathira, Nyeri county (file photo)
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