UAE expresses solidarity with Kenya after deadly girls’ school dormitory fire in Nakuru

Kenyan police have arrested eight female students on suspicion of arson after a fire destroyed a dormitory at a boarding school, killing 16 children and injuring dozens of others.

Fires are common at Kenyan schools, with many set by students protesting harsh discipline and poor conditions

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has directed the immediate dissolution of the Utumishi Girls Academy school's Board of Management over alleged negligence following the death of 16 students.

The fire in the early hours of Thursday morning at the Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, about 120km north-west of capital city Nairobi, tore through the upper floor of a dormitory which had 135 bunk beds.