Gone too soon: Parents speak of dashed hopes

A parent wails after viewing the body of her child at the Kakamega Hospital mortuary. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Diana Atamba wept uncontrollably as she tried to come to terms with the death of her son who was among 14 children killed in a stampede at Kakamega Primary School on Monday.

"The only inheritance my late husband left me with after he succumbed to throat cancer in 2011 was my son, Fidel Kumbuti. He is now no more. I feel dejected and wish the earth would open up and swallow me.