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Students left in the cold after fire guts Jaramogi University hostel

Siaya, Kenya: At least 1,000 students of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) have been forced to vacate their hostels after fire broke out yesterday morning.

Witnesses said the fire started on the right side of the 5th floor of the five-storey building a few minutes after 11am.

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