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Child offenders law tested as eight students are linked to school fire

Burnt dormitory at Utumishi girls' high school in Gilgil, Naivasha. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

CCTV footage that investigators say links eight Utumishi Girls Academy students to a dormitory fire that killed 16 learners has sparked public anger and drawn renewed scrutiny of the country’s child justice system.

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