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Recurring dorm fires reveal years of safety failures

A burning dormitory at Kakamega High School that hosts over 500 students, November 6, 2021. [File, Standard]

It was bound to happen. The only question was where and when. The latest dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls, which claimed the lives of 16 students, has once again brought into focus a pattern that has persisted for nearly three decades.

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