Guardian sues TSC, says student died from corporal beating

Kangaru School is on the spotlight after the death of a boy after allegedly being beaten by a teacher. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

A doctors’ report affirming cause of death, a hockey stick battery claims and a disbelieving guardian sum up the curious case of an orphaned “Wings To Fly” beneficiary who died in controversial circumstances.

In the case playing out in the courts, the 17-year-old whose identity the court has hidden, succumbed at Nairobi Women’s Hospital in 2019. While a pathologist report reads that the boy died of pulmonary tuberculosis, the minor’s guardian has disputed the medical conclusion of the death, citing an alleged battery incident involving a teacher at Kangaru School, and which preceded the boy’s hospitalisation.