Over the recent past, teachers have been causing mysterious deaths of their students, either through beating or tough actions taken against students. We have seen students committing suicide after being suspended or expelled from schools. A teacher on Tuesday appeared in a Bungoma court for allegedly beating a 16-year-old student to death.
Chrispinus Wanyonyi, a teacher at Bishop Atundo High School, is accused of killing Bethwel Ogola. However, the teacher did not take plea.
Police asked the court to give them 14 days to complete investigations.
Senior magistrate CA Mutai said in the interest of Justice he will only grant the prosecution seven days to complete their probe.
The case will be mentioned on March 13.
The incident is alleged to have happened when Wanyonyi was disciplining students during a maths revision class on February 11.
He allegedly beat Ogola who fell on the ground and injured his head.
The student was taken to a local dispensary and later transferred to Bungoma West Hospital in Kanduyi where he has been on a coma before he died on March 3.
Ogola’s relatives told journalists their son was hit by the teacher at the back of his head leading to his death. Angry relatives said they want justice for their son.
Meanwhile, two brothers linked to the Mt Elgon killings, who had refused to enter court on Monday, were brought back on Tuesday under heavy security.