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Girl who sat this year’s KCPE commits suicide

By Stanley Ongwae | Apr. 8, 2021
The girl, who sat the 2020 KCPE at a Nyamira primary school, committed suicide by hanging. [File, Standard]

A 15-year-old girl from Nyamira County, who sat the 2020 KCPE, committed suicide on Wednesday, April 7 for reasons yet to be known.

Esther Kemunto Omaya, a resident of Nyagetugo Village in Manga Sub-County, ended her life by hanging. The deceased sat her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams at Kiabira Primary School.

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