A 14-year-old boy was found dead in a dormitory in St Teresa Primary School in Kericho County.
The family of the deceased is demanding justice, claiming the boy left home for the third term in perfect health condition.
Enoch Kipkoech allegedly sustained severe injuries after he was brutally punished by one of the teachers.
The boy’s father, Richard Siele narrated the ordeal bitterly.
“Kipkoech was asked to relocate from his class while having their exams but would later return his locker to his class after the exams a move that angered his teacher who demanded him to go to the staff room. Other students overhead his bitter cry while coming out of the staff room.
“The said teacher followed him in class and demanded that he goes straight to the dormitory and take birth only to be found dead at around 4:00 pm hanging by a noose,” Richard Siele.
Emily Siele, the mother, said Kipkoech had asked to be transferred from the school earlier as he couldn’t stand the amount of beating the students received as punishment.
“Kipkoech had asked the school to allow him to call me that fateful day, but he was turned down. Previously, he had asked us to transfer him from the said school due to corporal punishment, but I had insisted that he finishes this third term. I did not know it would result in his death,” Emily Siele said.
The boy’s father went on to complain of the poor reception they received when they got the school, and accusingly pointed a finger claiming someone was trying to hide the truth around his son’s death.
“The school did not inform me of the death of my child as would have been expected. No one attended to us even when we got to the school. We feel that the school could be covering up on the death of my child. Someone was responsible and they must be brought to book,” Richard Siele said.
An autopsy report showed Kipkoech had severe damage to the arteries at the back of the left arm, dead artery spots on his buttocks as well swollen lungs.
Kericho County DCI officer Rhoda Kanyi has confirmed that the case is under police investigation.
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