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Family of boy electrocuted awarded Sh500,000

Wycliffe Kenyanya Onchwangi. He died in 2017 while pruning a tree next to an electricity pole in South Mugirango, Kisii. [File, Standard]

The family of a Class Eight pupil electrocuted two years ago while in school has been awarded Sh500,000 by a Kisii Court.

The family of Wycliffe Kenyanya Onchwangi had sued the Kenya Power Limited after he was electrocuted in September 2017 while pruning a tree near an electricity transformer.

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