Teenager Fakes Kidnapping To Get Money For New Clothes
Because “drip is eternal”, a teenage boy faked his own kidnapping and demanded ransom money from his family to buy new clothes.
The 14-year-old Form Three student from Tharaka Nithi County staged the abduction on Tuesday, January 5, as he returned back to school.
On arrival in Nkubu town, the teenager chose a quiet spot and called his brother informing him that two bodaboda riders were holding him hostage inside Mount Kenya Forest. He said the supposed abductors were demanding Sh20,000 ransom to release him, failure to which, they would kill him.
THE STANDARD
EDUCATION
Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang.
School heads have protested the release of 19.5 billion to schools, accusing the government of withholding huge sums of money, which could plunge schools into further cash crisis.
The Ministry of Education yesterday announced it had released Sh14.6 billion to fund secondary schools and Sh4.6 billion for primary institutions.
Basic Education PS Belio Kipsang said the money is 25 per cent of the total amount that should be sent to schools in Term One.
READ MORE
The government’s financing model of free education is spread on a 50:30:20 ratio for terms one, two and three.
She reportedly attacked the two officers over Christmas [Photo: Shutterstock]
A Form Three student who is accused of beating up and injuring two policemen in Ugunja, Siaya County, has been released on free bond.
The 19-year-old girl was freed Monday after the complainants - police officers Dennis Mugo and Solomon Kipchumba - failed to produce a medical examination report, or P3.
Ugunja OCPD Lazarus Tarus said Mugo was discharged from hospital on Sunday. “We released the girl yesterday on free bond. We could no longer hold her as the police officer who was a victim is yet to give a statement and fill a P3 form,” said Tarus.
THE STANDARD By
Olivia Odhiambo |
December 29th 2020 at 11:51:29 GMT +0300
A 19-year-old Form Three student accused of beating up and injuring two policemen in Ugunja, Siaya County has been released on a free bond.
Sheril Awino, a student of Rambula Secondary School, was on Monday freed from police custody after the complainants Dennis Mugo – her boyfriend – and Solomon Kipchumba failed to produce a P3 form to aid with the case.
The form, a standard practice in assault cases, is used to request for medical examination to determine nature and extent of body injuries.
Mugo and Kipchumba are attached to Ugunja Police Station.
In Kenya, a youthful police officer is fighting for his life at the Sagam Community Hospital in Luanda, Siaya County after he was on Christms day attacked by his girlfriend, who is a Form Three student.
Sheryl Awino, 19, cut Dennis Mugo in the head with a broken glass, resulting in Mugo bleeding profusely. The incident happened at Mugoâs house in Ugunja, Siaya County.
The cause of fight between the suspect, a student at St. Peterâs Rambula Mixed Secondary School, and the cop, who is attached to Ugunja Police Station, remains unclear.
Police say Awino and Mugo had, Friday evening, been embroiled in a long and bitter physical fight, which resulted in the two breaking a glass table.