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School safety: Negligence leads to risks, cause of deaths

A Sonko Rescue Team member comforts relatives who could not find their loved ones in the Moi Girls High School fire tragedy (VINCENT ACHUKA)

The fire that killed eight students at Moi Girls School in Nairobi once again turns the spotlight on schools' safety precautions.

According to the safety standards manual (2017), prepared by the Ministry of Education, dormitories are required to have a door at each end and an additional emergency exit in the middle, clearly labelled 'Emergency Exit'.

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