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Murder of teacher may have had no link with exams

Ms Daisy Mbathe Mbaluka. [Philip Muasya, Standard]

The macabre killing of a primary school teacher, and the burning of her body at Endau in Kitui County has left the country reeling in shock, with hard questions being asked by investigators beyond the excuse of poor exam results.

Ms Daisy Mbathe Mbaluka, a Mathematics and Kiswahili teacher at Ndooni Primary School met her death on Monday morning when an armed mob waylaid her as she took her two daughters back to school. She was hacked with machetes before her body was doused with petrol and set on fire as her frightened daughters took cover in a nearby homestead.

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