Probe as Grade 10 student collapses, dies in school in Kisii county

Detectives are investigating an incident where a Grade 10 student collapsed and died at the Riokindo Boys High School in Kisii county.

Officials said the students had on March 28 returned to their dormitories from their field when one of them aged 15 collapsed.

He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police and the school administration said.

The cause of the death was not immediately known.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem and other procedures.

The parents of the student were informed of the incident, officials said.

Elsewhere, detectives are investigating the murder of a 62-year-old woman whose body was found lying in a store at her home in Chepsonoi village, Nandi county.

The woman had been reported missing since March 27 before the body was discovered two days later, police said.

Police visited the scene and said the body was lying in a room used as a store in the main house.

She stayed in the same house with her son. The body had physical injuries on the neck and private parts, police said.

The room had been padlocked when police arrived there following a call by her son.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem and investigations.

And a 71-year-old woman was electrocuted as she bathed in her house in Kirwara, Muranga county.

Police said Leah Ndirangu was taking a shower in her house when she screamed for help after electrocution.

Her relatives responded to the scene and found her lying unresponsive in the bathroom while naked.

She was rushed to Kirwara level 4 hospital where she was confirmed dead on arrival. It was confirmed that the electric bathing shower was faulty, police who visited the scene said as the body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem.

Such incidents have been on the rise with use of quacks in wiring being the leading cause.

Authorities have been campaigning for the use of certified electricians in the wiring works.

In Kapkoi, Trans Nzoia county, a body of a man was found on the roadside in Nalonodo village after a suspected murder.

Police said the body had a fresh wound in the left side of the chest and was later identified as that of Emanuel Shikuku, 29.

The motive of the murder was not immediately known. The body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.

Police said on Monday no arrest had been made but investigations into the murder were ongoing.

 

by CYRUS OMBATI

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