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Why students are burning schools, weeks to closure

Tengecha Boys High School in Bureti Constituency on Tuesday night after students went on the rampage and torched a dormitory. [File, Standard]

For the past three weeks, unrest has rocked the education sector as more than 30 secondary schools across Kenya have gone on strike.

Across the country, students have staged riots, destroyed property, and in some cases, set dormitories ablaze.

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