Laikipia East Member of Parliament Mwangi Kiunjuri has dismissed reports that the girl behind the fire that led to the death of 10 students at Moi Girls High School in 2017 is his daughter.
In a statement, Kiunjuri explained that the lady charged for causing the fire was not his daughter stating that none of his children went to Moi Girls High School.
“My attention has been drawn to posts on X and elsewhere, alleging that the teenage girl who was accused and tried at the High Court of Kenya before Justice Stella Mutuku for starting a fire that killed 10 girls in a dormitory at Moi Nairobi Girls is my daughter,” read the statement in part.
“I wish to make reference to my 2017 statement on the same. Let it be known to all the perpetrators of this reckless, insensitive and inhumane falsehood that I have never had a daughter or a relative at Moi Nairobi Girls.”
Kiunjuri Asks People to Verify Facts
He explained that some people on social media have decided to spread the rumors without taking note of the people who lost their relatives and friends in the incident.
“Unfortunately, some reckless individuals have decided to score whatever points by regurgitating this falsehood without any due consideration to the parents and relatives who lost loved ones in the incident and the fresh wounds they may still have. This is too low even for purposes of scoring political points,” he said.
The MP sent condolences to the parents who lost their children in this unfortunate incident and whose scars continue to be opened afresh each time in the name of people politicking.
Kiunjuri argued that humanity and morality should have taken their pain into consideration, but this too has failed.
He revealed that the parents of the charged are known and individuals pursuing the story should visit the school and confirm their facts.
“Finally, the parents of the girl in question are known. If those pursuing this story care for truth, let them visit the said school and get all the facts,” he said.
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Moi Girls Fire Incident
At the time of the incident, the accused was a minor aged 14 years and was housed in Kabarnet dormitory, where the fire occurred.
While delivering the verdict, Justice Mutuku said the accused started the fire in a desperate attempt to get transferred from the school and not with the intention of killing her schoolmates.
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“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 were going to be casualties as a result of the fire,” she said.
Mutuku said she was unable to find the accused guilty of the offence of murder and instead charged her with manslaughter.
“She is hereby acquitted of the 10 counts of murder she was facing. Instead, I find the offence proved beyond reasonable doubt to be manslaughter on all the 10 counts,” Justice Mutuku ruled.
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