Kenya mourns schoolgirls killed in suspected dorm arson attack

GILGIL, Kenya: Kenyan families were overwhelmed with grief at a mass Friday for 16 girls killed in a suspected arson attack on their school — part of a string of pupil protests that have unnerved the country. Kenya has seen 47 fires at schools this year as pupils protest a range of issues including exam stress, corruption and conditions at boarding schools that are very common in the east African country. “Why, why God have you gone?” a girl cried over the coffin of one of the children killed at Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County on May 28.

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