Prosecutors fail to daft charge for teacher in pupil’s death case
Venezio Njuguna, the deputy headteacher of Mukandamia Primary School, who is suspected of beating a pupil, Joy Waguthi, who later died. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Mr Njuguna is suspected of beating and injuring Joy Waguthi on January 26, 2017 because she could not read.
- The pupil died days later.
A teacher said to have beaten a pupil to death has been freed on a Sh100,000 bond after the prosecution failed to charge him.
Prosecutors handling the case of Venezio Njuguna, the deputy headteacher of Mukandamia Primary School, said post-mortem results on the pupil had not been released.
Mr Njuguna is suspected of beating and injuring Joy Waguthi on January 26, 2017 because she could not read.
The pupil died days later.
The case will proceed on March 17, 2017.
