Police in Rachuonyo East, Homa Bay County, are looking into the circumstances surrounding the suicide of a 16-year-old girl in a church in Ogenga community.
The body of the Class Eight student was discovered in a chapel near her school.
According to the acting head of Kasewe Location, Dickson Samba, the student left home at midday on Tuesday for an unknown destination, only to be discovered dead hours later by her mother.
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The circumstances of her death are still unknown, and her body has been transported to Okita Nursing Home until an investigation is conducted.
In other news, An Eldoret court sentenced a 20-year-old man to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to defiling a five-year-old Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) student.
Eliakim Kemboi alias Elias, a cook at a private primary school, astonished the court when he admitted to defiling the youngster in the schoolroom. The accuser has been working at the school with the child's mother.
Elias, who is blind, is accused of committing the crime on August 29, 2023, in the Moiben district of Uasin Gishu County.
He was accused of violating the law by engaging in an indecent act with the child.
The defendant stated that he had removed the child's trousers in a classroom before his mother came unexpectedly.
According to a medical examination report from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), the infant was defiled.
Eldoret Senior Court Judge Caroline Wattimah stated in her judgment that even if the accused claimed that he had not defiled the child when his mother entered, his conduct of undressing her was a clear sign that she had malicious intentions.
