Nine students from Mugumo Girls high school have been arrested in connection with an arson attack at the school.
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) nabbed the students who are suspected of the incident which left a dormitory razed to the ground.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the students used a cigarette lighter to torch the dormitory that had a capacity of 220.
The nine are being held at the Kianyaga police station and will be arraigned at the Gichugu Law Courts on Monday.
They will face arson charges.
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Experts attributed this to the long stay at home which might have exposed many of the learners to situations that affected their discipline.
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