Amina sends team to probe student killing

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  • Education CS Amina Mohamed says students, especially the candidates, to undergo counselling.

The Ministry of Education is investigating the stabbing death of a Form Two student by a colleague in a Kakamega school.

On Wednesday, a student stabbed his colleague in the staffroom at Lugusi Boys Secondary School, where the two had been sent for disciplinary action after they were caught in a scuffle.

Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed said in a statement on Thursday that the ministry was saddened by the incident.

Ms Amina said the students would undergo counselling to come to terms with the shocking incident that paralysed learning at the school.

"Following the unfortunate incident, the ministry has sent a team to the school to investigate the matter and establish the circumstances under which the student lost his life," Ms Amina said.

The Cabinet secretary also said a team of counsellors will be dispatched to talk to the students, especially the candidates.

The two students had engaged in an argument that ended in a nasty scuffle in class before they were asked to go the staffroom by a teacher to face disciplinary action.