KCSE CANDIDATE DIES AFTER DRINKING ETHANOL FROM A LABORATORY IN MIGORI

BY  CELESTINE  MWANGO.

VILLAGE IN NYANGO, MIGORI COUNTY WAS ENGULFED IN GRIEF AFTER A KCSE
CANDIDATE DIED MYSTERIOUSLY FOR ALLEGEDLY DRINKING A SUBSTANCE
BELIEVED TO BE ETHANOL FROM THEIR SCHOOL LABORATORY.
GEORGE OGUTU, 17 WAS SITTING FOR HIS KCSE AT NYANGO SECONDARY SCHOOL
WHEN HIM, TOGETHER WITH OTHER STUDENTS DECIDED TO TAKE THE KILLER
CONCOCTION.
UNTIL HIS DEMISE THE LATE WAS A DAY SCHOLAR AT THE SCHOOL, HOWEVER THE
SCHOOL’S POLICY HAD IT THAT ALL CANDIDATES WERE TO STAY IN SCHOOL
DURING THE KCSE.
ACCORDING TO THE PARENTS WHO RUSHED HIM TO HOSPITAL WHEN THE AILMENT
HIT THE DANGEROUS NOTCH SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL ONE
STUDENT WHO WAS WITH THE DECEASED OPENED UP AND SAID WHAT HAD
TRANSPIRED BEFORE.
THE OTHER THREE STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE SAME CONCOCTION DID NOT DEVELOP
ANY COMPLICATIONS, UNFORTUNATE FOR THE DECEASED WHO GALLOPED THE WHOLE
BOTTLE IN CELEBRATION OF COMPLETING A BIOLOGY PAPER.

PATRICK OGUTU ONDEKE, THE DECEASED FATHER SAID HIS SON WAS BROUGHT
HOME ON SUNDAY WHEN HE WAS ALREADY AFFECTED BY THE CHEMICAL SAYING
THAT INFORMATION THAT REACHED THEM WAS THAT HIS SON WAS FOUND SLEEPING
IN THE DORM ON SATURDAY AND WAS BROUGHT HOME AFTER HE STARTED TO
CONVULSE.

HE SAID HIS SON DIED ON MONDAY MORNING WHICH HAS THROWN THE FAMILY
INTO MOURNING JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE EXAMINATIONS ARE FINISHED ON.
ACCORDING TO THE EDUCATION OFFICER, SUNA WEST DIVISION IN MIGORI
COUNTY SIMON OCHOLA, HE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION OF THE DEMISE HOWEVER
HE COULD NOT AUTHENTICATE WHETHER IT WAS AS A RESULT OF THE THE
ALLEGED ETHANOL.
THE COUNTY POLICE BOSS, DAVID KIRUI HOWEVER DOWNPLAYED CLAIMS SAYING
THAT THE BOY DIED A NATURAL DEATH.
THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENTS AS THE PRESS
WAS LOCKED OUT.