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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Kevin Machuki disappeared after getting permission to exit from school. His family is desperately looking for him. [Courtesy]
A family in Ogango, Manga Sub-county in Nyamira, is in distress following the disappearance of their kin after he left school more than three months ago.
According to the boy’s mother, Jane Mirambo, the family was not aware that he was missing until two days after schools closed for the Easter holidays.
“I waited for Kevin to come home but he didn’t show up. When we went to school to inquire about his whereabouts, we were told he had not been seen for nearly the entire term,” the mother told
Eleven students at Manga Girls Model school in Nyamira sustained injuries while saving a suicidal schoolmate.
The suicidal Form One girl had attempted to jump from the second floor of a storeyed lecture hall on Saturday. But the eleven girls acted quickly and convened at the bottom of the hall to