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Why are Kenyan kids burning schools and killing their classmates?

Almost 50 fires have ripped through Kenyan schools this year, 16 schoolgirls have died, and more than 100 schools have temporarily closed. It's not an issue that is coming to surprise people, said Peter Kinyanjui, who survived a school fire when he was a teenager some 20 years ago.

18 Jun 2026 12:28 pm