Moi Girls Students Accused Of Killing Ten in School Fire to Be Sentenced

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A girl is set to be sentenced to years in prison after she was found guilty of manslaughter in connection to a school fire incident.

The former Moi Girls – Nairobi student is alleged to have started a fire that killed ten students leaving 51 injured is set to be sentenced on the 24th of February 2022.

The 18-year-old was found guilty of manslaughter on the 16th of December 2021 appeared in court where she was made aware of her fate. This was done before the cameras through the media was not allowed to access the courtroom.

Before she declared her judgement, Judge Stella Mutuku said that while the accused did not start the fire intending to kill her colleagues but rather she devised a way to be transferred from the school by any means possible.

“Her aim may have been just to cause a fire and burn the building without hurting anyone, but it was ill-intentioned, given that the building had two floors and there was going to be casualties as a result of the fire. The subject, in her naivety, may have overlooked the consequences of her actions. Her attempt to wake some of her friends up was aimed at rescuing them from the killer inferno,” said Judge Mutuku.

However, according to Judge Mutuku, the accused was not found guilty of murder owing to the fact that the prosecution did not provide any evidence of malice aforethought.

The accused is said to have caused a school fire between the 1st and 2nd of September 2017 at around 2:00 am in a hostel named Kabarnet with others who were not present in the courtroom.

The fire broke out when the girls had just reported to school having spent time at home for the holiday. At the time, the 14-year-old girl was in form one.

The fire led to 51 learners getting injured and being rushed to Nairobi Women hospital. Thereafter, 40 learners were treated and discharged and 11 admitted with three more serious injuries. The girl is looking at 11 years in prison following being found guilty of manslaughter.