Kericho teachers to face murder charges after caning 14-year-old boy to death

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Two teachers at St. Teresa Mixed Day and Boarding Primary School, who caned a pupil and subsequently caused his death, will be charged with murder, according to an inquest into the death of the 14-year-old pupil.

Senior Resident Magistrate Japhet Bii ruled that Aron Koskei and Philemon Koskei acted grossly and unlawfully, resulting in the death of Enock Kipkoech, a Standard 8 pupil, in 2022.