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Russel Mihingo, a KCPE candidate, who died days before sitting for the national exams after drowning at the theta dam alongside his classmate has been laid to rest. the parents who blame the school for the tragedy maintain if adequate precautions were put in place to safeguard the learners during the trip, the lives of their young ones would not have been cut short. elsewhere a somber mood engulfed Kalimani village in Kangundo Machakos county as twenty-eight-year-old Mercy Sakim whose body was stuck in saudia for over two months was finally laid to rest.
Two candidates who passed on before sitting for their national exams laid to rest
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