A standard 3 pupil who died after allegedly being beaten by her teacher was on Thursday laid to rest in Laikipia County.
10-year-old Joy Wanguthi lived with her 80-year-old grandmother.
The burial was attended by pupils from Mukandamia Primary, where the deceased schooled
Independent Medico-Legal Unit Programme Officer, Kennedy Kinuthia, said that the organization is currently probing the case which is also being investigated by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
“We are going to seek justice for the family, but for now it is just to give the family, and more specifically the grandmother, psychological support, waiting for results of the postmortem that was done on Saturday,” he said.
Wanguthi died while undergoing treatment at Naro Moru Hospital.
The accused teacher identified as Venezio Njuguna Maina, is still in police custody waiting and is set to take plea on February 15