Boy, 14, commits suicide

A boy who scored 324 marks in this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exam committed suicide after his mother asked him to repeat Standard Eight.

Vincent Omwenga, 14, hanged himself in his parents' bedroom in Ngonyek village, Cherangany sub-county, on Monday.

Area chief Benjamin Bengat said Omwenga and his mother, Alice Keuyu, had been at Sibanga market earlier on.

On their way back home, Omwenga's mother asked him to consider repeating the class to better his grades, the chief said. The boy rejected the idea.

Trans-Nzoia County Commander Ali Ayub confirmed the incident and said investigations had been launched.