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Parents beat KCPE candidate to death over poor marks, boyfriend

KNEC chairman George Magoha, seating with Moi primary school pupils in Nairobi after KCPE exams in the evening on 30th October 2018. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

A girl who sat this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations and got 277 marks is dead.

It was not yet clear what exactly caused the death of Abigael Namukhosi, 14, though witnesses said she had been punished by her parents for posting what they considered poor results.

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