A 17-year-old pupil was Tuesday arrested over the death of his classmate after the pair wrangled over a pen in Nyamira County.
The Class 7 seven pupils and deskmates are said to have fought over ownership of a pen before they were separated by the teacher on duty at Bogwendo Primary School.
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THE STANDARD By
Stanley Ongwae |
April 8th 2021 at 12:09:28 GMT +0300
The girl, who sat the 2020 KCPE at a Nyamira primary school, committed suicide by hanging. [File, Standard]
A 15-year-old girl from Nyamira County, who sat the 2020 KCPE, committed suicide on Wednesday, April 7 for reasons yet to be known.
Esther Kemunto Omaya, a resident of Nyagetugo Village in Manga Sub-County, ended her life by hanging. The deceased sat her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams at Kiabira Primary School.
Her body was discovered hanging from a sisal rope tied to the roof of a store near her parents’ house, Manga Sub-County Gabriel Mwangangi told