A court has allowed the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to detain the former Deputy Principal of Gatanga CCM Secondary School.
Elizabeth Wairimu Gatimu, will be held at Gigiri Police Station for seven days, as police conclude investigations into the 2019 death of a Form One student.
Ebby Samuels was a form one student at the school. She died on the night of March 8-9, 2019.
According to reports, she was beaten by a senior staff member who accused her of violating school rules by curling her hair.
Gatimu will undergo a mental evaluation at the Mathare Mental Hospital.
She will then appear before the High Court on February 9, 2023, to answer murder charges.
The victim’s lawyer, Kiroko Ndegwa, said justice for Ebbie had been delayed for four years.
