A girl from Bungoma who scored 400 marks in the 2018 KCPE released on Monday has died.
The girl was beaten to death by her father who was angry after she went to spend Monday night with her lover after receiving the good results.
“The parents beat her to death for spending the night at the lover’s cube after receiving her KCPE results,” a neighbour told reporters.
Police have launched investigations into the incident.
Another neighbour said the father was just disciplining the child as he feared she was indulging in early sex which would lead to pregnancies yet she had received good marks to join Form One.
The incident comes as the government raised concerns over the high rate of teenage pregnancies.
Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) Board chairman George Magoha speaking on Monday blamed parents for allowing children ‘as young as 10 to spend the night out’.