Armed bandits on Tuesday evening attacked a primary school and shot dead a teacher in Kerio Valley, Elgeyo Marakwet County.
Simon Kiprotich Cheserek, a teacher at Chesongoch Primary School was shot in the head and legs by bandits yesterday evening.
The victim was ambushed by the bandits as he made his way home from work few meters from the school .
He was declared dead on arrival at the Moi Teaching and Referral hospital in Eldoret where he had been rushed.
Marakwet East Sub-County commissioner Simon Osumba confirmed the incident saying the armed bandits ambushed Cheserek while he was riding his Motorbike home to Kakibiyoswo village.
Osumba said an operation to pursue the bandits is underway