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Police teargas Butere Girls students after boycotting performance

Butere Girls students addressed journalists outside Melvin Jones Academy, one of the venues for the 63rd National Drama and Film Festivals in Nakuru. [Caroline Chebet].

Heartbroken students from Butere Girls High School have staged a walkout, minutes after arriving at the Melvin Jones Academy in Nakuru City for the 63rd National Drama and Film Festivals.

The girls who arrived singing the national anthem in tears observed a minute of silence before walking off the stage.

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