Kenyan school fire which killed 9 deliberately started by seniors fighting for position

A fire that killed nine students and injured several others at a girls' school in Kenya at the weekend was started deliberately,officials say

The incident at Moi Girls School in the capital, Nairobi, "was not an accident, it was arson", Kenya's Education Minister Fred Matiang'i said on Monday.

Mr Matiang'i said the attacks were linked to disputes over senior appointments in schools.

"Most of the investigations are done and I can tell you unequivocally - I have been briefed by the police - that it was not an accident," Mr Matiang'i told a press conference in Nairobi

Mr Matiang'i said the "politicisation of school headship and responsibility in the education sector" were "not right", adding that he was "saddened that we have lost our children".
Seven girls were killed in Saturday’s blaze and two others later died of their injuries, he informed.