Shock engulfed a school Monday after two Form Four candidates, a boy and a girl, died under unclear circumstances.
Grief-stricken parents, residents and leaders streamed to Kongasis Mixed Day and Boarding Secondary in Nakuru as a team of detectives led by Gilgil DCIO Joseph Owiti arrived to record statements from students, teachers and workers.
According to a student in the school, James Kinuthia, 17, and Faith Wanjiku, 16, were last spotted together on Saturday night enjoying a drink in a bar at Kongasis trading centre, just a few metres from the school.
The school principal Robert Kamau declined to comment on the incident.
‘’Kindly allow me to rest, I am also hurt and sick,” he said.
At the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital where the two were rushed to, Medical Superintendent John Murima said they vomited moments before they died.
“The nature of their death is a police case. It is not normal that patients arrive in hospital one after another with similar symptoms and die immediately,” said Murima.