Teachers ordered to appear in court over death of pupil

Residents at an abandoned borehole at Mukoyani Primary School in Ikolomani, Kakamega County. The school's management has been accused of negligence after a pupil died after falling into the borehole in June last year. [Duncan Ocholla, Standard]

An interdicted headteacher and her deputy have been ordered to appear before an inquest into the death of a pupil in their school.

Kakamega Senior Resident Magistrate Erick Malesi ordered the suspended headteacher of Mukoyani Primary School, Sophia Amisi, and her deputy, Matthew Shihemi, to appear before the inquest court on March 15.