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Church leaders should pray for the nation’s soul

NAIROBI: What exactly is the matter with our beloved country Kenya? Do we always have to hurtle from one crisis to another? Just after we recovered from the street protests against Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners, the bizarre school fires have taken over. It has left us baffled, especially as over 100 schools have lost property in student instigated fires. The interpretation of the causes of these arson attacks are as varied as those who have made them.

There seems to be no conclusive reason behind the source and cause of these unrests among the students. Whereas some have pointed fingers at the reforms being implemented by the Education Cabinet Secretary, others argue that the exam fever may be the challenge; particularly the prospect that the doors to cheating may be closing or already closed. Whatever reasons are eventually unearthed by the taskforce investigating the matter, this is an issue of monumental proportions.

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