In a country fractured by civil war and other crises, he held the title of president from 2012 to 2022 and was widely seen as an ineffective ruler.

The students could be charged next week, Kenya’s education minister said, after the blaze broke out on Thursday at a school run by Kenya’s police.

The order came after U.S. officials said that a 50-bed facility was being established in the African country to house American citizens exposed to the virus.