Emotions were high during the burial of Brigid Kwamboka, a class eight pupil at Getionko Primary School, Kisii County.
The teenager who would have sat her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) at the end of the year was electrocuted after slipping and falling on a downed high-voltage power transmission cable about 500 metres from her home.
“My daughter was in good health until June 30, 2022, around 11 am, when she met her death,” Kwamboka’s mother Jackline Rabera told a local daily.
Kwamboka’s uncle, Gabriel Ogwaro, said: “It is painful to lose so suddenly a healthy young girl who had a future full of promise. Her mother, my sister, Jackline Rabera Ogwaro, is devastated.”
According to the girl’s uncle, Kenya Power collected the cables in the area on the same day the incident took place.
Addressing the press, Kisii County Kenya Power Manager said he was aware of the matter and that it was being investigated by their security personnel.
“I will share details after the investigation is completed,” he said.
A postmortem report from Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital shows that the teenager was electrocuted.
