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Nine Kirimari students plead not guilty to arson charges

Nine students of Kirimari Boys High School plead not guilty to arson charges. [Courtesy]

Nine students of Kirimari Boys’ High School in Embu County have denied charges of setting ablaze two dormitories and destroying property worth more than Sh1.7 million.

The nine boys who appeared before Chief Magistrate Maxwell Gicheru pleaded not guilty to charges of setting ablaze Kindaruma and Grand Fall dormitories valued at Sh1,710,924 belonging to Kirimari Boys High School on March 6, 2021.

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