Eight Utumishi Girls students pleaded not guilty to 16 murder charges over the deadly dormitory fire as the High Court ...

During the proceedings, the court has directed that the identities of the accused minors remain protected throughout the ...

Kenyan detectives have been granted 21 days to hold nine students suspected of planning an arson attack at a school in central Kenya.

Prosecutors in Kenya have prepared murder charges against students accused of starting a deadly dormitory fire in May.

The minors appeared before High Court Judge Diana Kavedza in Kibera, Nairobi, where they denied 16 counts of murder linked to ...

A fire that broke out at the Utumishi Girls Academy on May 28 in Gilgil, Kenya, killed 16 students between the ages of 15 and ...

Nine students accused of planning a deadly arson attack at a school in central Kenya appeared in court. Investigators asked Tuesday for more time to probe the fire that killed 16 girls. The High ...

Sixteen pupils, aged between 15 and 18, died when a fire broke out in a dormitory at Utumishi Girls' School last month.

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Grade 10 learners at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil resumed classes on Monday as the school entered the second phase of its staggered reopening following the May 28 dormitory fire that claimed the ...

High Court orders identities of the 8 protected, allows media to cover proceedings under strict reporting rules ...