Students from Utumishi Girls Academy appear at Naivasha Law Courts in Nakuru, Kenya, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Arson
Nine girls arraigned in court over 'suspected arson attack' at Kenyan girls' school | Africanews
Nine students accused of planning and executing an arson attack that killed 16 girls at a school in central Kenya appeared in court in Naivasha on Tuesday.
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Nine Utumishi Girls Academy students were arraigned for arson killing 16 girls on May 28; the fire started with a matchstick at the exit. School fires expose endemic safety gaps: overcrowded facilities, missing exits, inadequate firefighting equipment.
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