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Butere Girls High School students after declining to perform Echoe of War play at Melvin Jones in Nakuru during the 63rd edition of the Kenya National Drama and Film Festival, on April 10, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
The police action on Butere Girls High School drama students more than a week ago will go down in history as one of the most unfortunate assaults against freedom of expression by government forces in Kenya
Common during the one party state authoritarianism, such behavior has not been witnessed since enactment of the 2010 constitution.
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