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Class eight pupil who killed colleague over phone arrested

Police in Kericho have arrested a 16-years-old standard eight Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidate at Chebigen primary school in Ainamoi constituency who stabbed a fellow teenager to death over a fatal fight over a phone ownership.

James Mugera, the Kericho County Police Commander said they had arrested Elijah Kipyegon Langat in his hide out over the murder of 18-year-old Victor Kipkurui Kemboi. 

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