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Justice Diana Kavedza presides over the Utumishi Girls Academy case where 8 girls were charged with the murder of 16 fellow students at the school at the Kibera Law Courts, Nairobi on July 1 2026. [David Gichuru, Standard]
The Kibera High Court has declined to release eight Utumishi Girls Academy students charged with the murder of 16 fellow students in the school's deadly dormitory fire on bail.
Justice Diana Kavedza said the court requires more time to consider the prosecution's and defence's submissions, as well as the authorities cited by both sides, before determining whether the minors should be released on bail.
"I need a lot of time to consider the authorities that have been cited, the submissions that have been made by both the prosecution as well as the defence team before coming up with an elaborate ruling," the judge said.
