University student's death dampens President Uhuru Kenyatta's event

President Uhuru Kenyatta pose for a photo with participants from Uganda,Kenya Tanzania and Ghana at Old Moses Camp in Mt Kenya, Meru County on 18 March 2016, during the Mt Kenya Presidential Awards. [PHOTO:KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD]

What was to be a memorable event for 98 youth on an excursion in Mt Kenya ended tragically after one of them died. The death was a blot on the trip that ended yesterday with participants from four African counties being received by President Uhuru Kenyatta at Old Moses camp in Timau.

Sarafine Wanjiru Njoroge, a student at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT) fell ill and died on the fourth day of the five-day excursion that started on Sunday. She died on Thursday.