A teacher who punched a pupil on the head leading to his death 7 weeks later was on Thursday July 27 charged with manslaughter.
Lawrence Muthini Kasivi, a teacher at Wangu primary school is said to have hit Emmanuel Muiruri on May 17 after the previous day he mistakenly went home with a classmate’s school bag as they looked a like.
That fateful day, he returned the bag to school after realizing he had picked the wrong bag but his class teacher the teacher attacked him.
He fell down and became unconscious.
The minor’s parents were informed by Kasivi’s workmate that their child was very sick and that they were needed in the school where they found their son unconscious and took him to a nearby dispensary in company of teachers and the deceased’s classmates.
The doctors at the dispensary referred them to Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital (MLKH) in Embakasi where he was treated and discharged two days later.
The doctors referred him to Kenyatta National Hospital and the Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital where he had been visiting but with little improvement.
His health kept on deteriorating and he later developed complications while at home and they rushed him to hospital where he succumbed on July 3.
