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Those arrested include; the Municipal Education Officer, Mr Aggrey Munyororo; Municipal Inspector of Schools, Mr Godfrey Barasa; school owner, Mr Bosco Erupun; headmaster, Mr Andrew Okwi; security guard, Mr Geoffrey Ojok; and teachers: Mr John Adoa, Tony Okolong and Paul Osiwa. Their arrest comes barely 24 hours after fire gutted the boys\u2019 dormitory of Victory Nursery and Primary School in Busia municipality, leaving four pupils dead and two hospitalised. 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