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Police inspect a burnt dormitory at Itierio Boys High school in Kisii county. (Denish Ochieng'/Standard)
The government has taken a hard-line stand on students involved in attacks, strikes, protests and destruction of property in schools.
According to Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed, such students are merely common criminals and will not just be prosecuted but also blacklisted in police records. But despite being concerned about sporadic waves of burning of dormitories, the government and other stakeholders in education differ on what is causing unrest in schools countrywide.
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