Sunshine Secondary School students at Milimani law court children court where they were released on a personal bond of 50.000.
BY SAM ALFAN.
Sunshine Secondary School students earlier pardoned from prosecution must be charged, the High Court has ruled.
Justice Luka Kimaru overruled a decision made by a lower court allowing an out-of-court settlement between parents of the students and the school’s administration.
On Monday, Chief Magistrate Lucy Gitari granted the students seven days to settle the arson matter with the school administration.
However, on Tuesday, Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko sought a review of the decision.
He said there was sufficient evidence to charge the students with arson and conspiracy to commit a felony.
The school administrators had requested the court to “give dialogue a chance” in resolving the students’ arson case.
The students will now be charged with the offence of committing a felony and arson.
Justice Kimaru ruled that the magistrate erred in her ruling, and the students should be charged as required by law.
He ordered that they appear before a magistrate’s court on August 2 to take plea.
