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From dorm fires to street protests; how a decade of school unrest shaped youth dissent

When a group of youthful protesters took the streets of Nakuru in protest against the Finance Bill 2024 on June 25, 2025. [Joseph Kipsang, Standard]

For over a decade, school unrest has become the signature way students express their anger and frustrations with school authorities in Kenya. 

What started as isolated cases of protest has now grown into a deeply rooted culture of defiance that often ends in violence and destruction. 

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