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KCSE candidate dies minutes to the Kiswahili paper
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The ongoing 2017 KCSE exams ( photo courtesy)
A KCSE candidate of Mabusi Secondary School on Tuesday died at Bungoma referral hospital minutes before writing her Kiswahili Fasihi test .
Kellan Nekesa was admitted to the hospital on Sunday after being diagnosed with a bacterial infection and wrote her Monday examinations in her hospital bed.
“I did not know she would pass away so soon, I was shocked when the hospital called me to say she was dead.” said her father Justus Wanyonyi.
Wanyonyi said the girl had complained of a headache, pain in the leg and fever while her friends said they suspected she had attempted to procure an abortion.
“I cannot clearly tell what killed her but people said someone tried to cheat her and give her traditional medicine to get rid of a pregnancy,” the father said.
However Maiyana Magrina the hospital’s medical superintendent, dismissed the pregnancy claims and said the girl looked normal.
Wanyonyi who does odd jobs noted his daughter was a bright student he hoped would help the family after finishing her studies.
The body was taken to the facility’s morgue.
