Pupil, 15, dies after 'beating' from teacher in Makueni

People mills outside Kibwezi Sub-County Hospital in Makueni County where a pupil died after he was allegedly beaten by a teacher at Mikuyuni Primary School on February 28, 2019. PHOTO | PIUS MAUNDU | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By PIUS MAUNDU
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A Class Six pupil at Mikuyuni Primary School in Makueni County has died after an alleged beating from a teacher.

The boy, 15, was pronounced dead immediately after being admitted to Kibwezi Sub-County Hospital, which is a stone's throw away from the school.

News of the death quickly spread, angering local residents who demanded arrest of the teacher.

"I was called by teachers and informed that that my son had been taken ill. They said that he had been punished by one of their own. He was bleeding and foaming profusely when we took him to hospital," the boy's sobbing mother Ms Josephine Ndunge told the Nation.

The body has been taken to Makindu Hospital mortuary amid tight security.

Kibwezi Sub-county Police Commander Ben Changulo said that police are investigating the incident.