Bondo: Teacher commits suicide over claims of stealing school laptops

Police in Bondo, Siaya County are probing an incident where a primary school teacher committed suicide after reportedly being frustrated by the school administration.

The body of Elkana Owino Omondi, a teacher at Migiro Primary school was found in his house at Nango trading centre.

According to Area Deputy County Commissioner Samson Akach, a father of ten took his own life after a disagreement with the school management over two school laptops which had gone missing.

Preliminary investigations show that the teacher was suspected to have stolen two laptops from the school.

Akach said the deceased left behind a suicide note which detailed his frustrations maintaining his innocence and his lack of means to replace what he was being wrongfully accused of stealing.

In the suicide note, the deceased also implicated two teachers in the same school whom he accused of being behind his tribulations at the school warning that they will live to regret.

His body was moved to Bondo sub-county hospital mortuary awaiting post moterm.

Police have also launched a probe into the incident.