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Kenya: Student Detained Over Deadly Moi Girls Dorm Fire
Nation, 6 September 2017
A student will be detained for seven days pending investigations into the Moi Girls School, Nairobi fire incident that left nine learners dead. Read more »
Student Detained Over Deadly Fire in Kenyan School
The Form 1 student appeared in the Milimani juvenile court over suspicions of starting the fire that killed 9 students. Police say they are likely to charge her with murder, arson and assault once investigations are complete.
Parents and students of Moi Girls School Nairobi overcome by grief after a fire that claimed the lives of nine students.
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Kenya: Girl Suspected of Arson at Moi Girls Due in Court
Capital FM, 6 September 2017
A girl accused of having started a fire that killed her nine colleagues at Moi Girls School in Nairobi is expected in court Wednesday morning. Read more »
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Kenya: Tears Flow Freely as Relatives View Bodies of Moi Girls Students
Capital FM, 5 September 2017
Wailing rent the air at the Chiromo Mortuary as relatives of nine students who died during the Moi High School inferno viewed the remains. Read more »
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Kenya: Four Students Face Prosecution Over Girls' School Fire
Nation, 5 September 2017
Four students suspected to be behind the Moi Girls School, Nairobi, dormitory fire that killed nine students could be arraigned today or Thursday. Read more »
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Kenya: DNA Identification of 9 Killed in Moi Girls School Fire Underway
Capital FM, 5 September 2017
Collection of DNA samples from parents of the 8 students of Moi Girls High school is underway at Chiromo mortuary. Read more »
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Kenya: Death Toll From Moi Girls Fire in Nairobi Rises to Nine
Nation, 4 September 2017
The death toll from the fire that razed a dormitory at Moi Girls High School, Nairobi has risen to nine. Read more »
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Kenya: Suicidal Girl Set Moi Girls School on Fire Killing 9 - Police
Capital FM, 4 September 2017
Even as the DNA exercise on nine students who perished in Nairobi's Moi Girls High School fire kicked off, it has now emerged that the inferno was an arson attack caused by one of… Read more »
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Kenya: Shock of Being Unable to Identify Inferno Victims - Father
Nation, 4 September 2017
Mr Jack Ogello still hopes his firstborn daughter ran somewhere when fire broke out in a dorm at Moi Girls School, Nairobi, on Saturday morning and that she is not among the nine… Read more »
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Kenya: Mother Hopeful as Parents Give DNA Samples
Nation, 4 September 2017
Excuse me, have you seen my daughter?" Ms Clara Asiko cannot recall how many times she said those words on Saturday morning when news broke that there was a fire at one of the… Read more »
InFocus
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The deadly fire at Moi Girls' School started from a "suicidal" girl's bed and spread to the others and since most of the girls were deep asleep, they could not help extinguish it ... Read more »
