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12 hospitalized after Kenya school fire

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Twelve people have been hospitalized in Kenya after a fire outbreak in a secondary school in Nairobi.

Those injured in the fire were rushed to the Kenyatta National Hospital, according to Daily Nation.

Kenya Red Cross however says the fire incident in Highway Secondary School has been contained.

Officials are unable to establish what caused the fire which occurred on Sunday.

This month dormitories of three high schools in Kenya were razed down by fire.

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Officials say no one was injured in the fire but property of students were destroyed by the fire

15 students appeared in court charged with arson this month.

In some instances some students were caught with petrol.

Local media reports that schools are facing strikes and protests over the introduction of measures to deal with cheating in examinations.

The measures are to affect the exams due to start in three months.

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Source: Africafeeds.com

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