Pupil allegedly beaten to death by teacher buried

Pupil allegedly beaten to death by teacher buried

A standard 3 pupil who was allegedly beaten to death by her teacher last week has been laid to rest in Solio, Laikipia County.

Family, friends and residents attended the burial ceremony to bid farewell to 10-year-old Joy Wanguthi who lived with her 80-year-old grandmother.

Pupils from Mukandamia Primary, where the deceased schooled, attended the funeral to bid farewell to their colleague.

Independent Medico-Legal Unit Programme Officer, Kennedy Kinuthia, said that the organization is currently probing the case which is also being investigated by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

“We are going to seek justice for the family, but for now it is just to give the family, and more specifically the grandmother, psychological support, waiting for results of the postmortem that was done on Saturday,” he said.

Joy died while undergoing treatment at Naro Moru Hospital.

The teacher, 49-year-old Venezio Njuguna Maina, is still in police custody waiting and is set to take plea on february 15.

Written by Majanga Michael

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