Mystery of Form One student’s death at Kilungu Boys High School

At the Kilungu Level Three Hospital, the family of Emmanuel Kirima is in a sombre mood, confused and angry.

The news of the death of their 15-year-old son is yet to sink in. Emmanuel had just joined Kilungu Boys High School as a Form One student on January 15 and ten days later, his parents received a call from the school management to come to Kilungu mortuary and identify the body of their kin.

The parents say they are devasted by the news and the fact that the matter concerning their son's health might have been handled poorly. At first, the family was told that Emmanuel was rushed to hospital after complaining of a stomach ache.

But upon inspecting Emmanuel's body the family says facial injuries were visible, especially on his forehead. The school has declined to inform the family whether he was injured through a fight, a fall or an act of bullying before being taken to hospital.

Citizen TV has since established that the 15-year-old boy was first rushed to a private hospital before being taken to Kilungu Level Three Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Kilungu Boys High School headteacher Goeffrey Muema says they did what the school administration does when a student falls ill. He says they were equally shocked when the hospital informed the school administration that the boy had lost his life.

The family has opted to transfer the body to Chiromo mortuary where a post-mortem will be conducted Monday to ascertain the cause of death.

Detectives have in the meantime begun investigations into the cause of the death.