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Dormitory Set Ablaze by Suspected Arsonists

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Published on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 20:10

A dormitory was on Sunday night torched at Magena Secondary School in Kenyenya. Nothing was salvaged from the dormitory housing 37 students in the 8.30pm incident.

The boys lost all their personal effects. However, nobody was injured since they were attending night preps. The school principal Samuel Otieno said students suffered minor injuries as they struggled to put out the fire. "This is the 10th dormitory to be burnt at the school. We suspect the fire was caused by an electric fault but can't rule out arson," Otieno said. Gucha police chief Richard Ng'etich expressed concern over rising fire incidents in schools.

Ng'etich asked schools to invest fire fighting equipment noting that most schools have inadequate or malfunctioning equipment. Last month, suspected arsonists set ablaze a dormitory at Sameta Boys High school in Gucha.

Several other schools in Kisii and Nyamira counties have experienced arson attacks and police investigations have yielded nothing. Last month, two dormitories at St Paul's Gekano were razed down. The cause was identified as an electric fault.