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<\/a><\/p>\nBenedict Tirop and Jackline Moraa<\/p>\n
30 December 2011<\/p>\n
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Two girls have committed suicide in separate incidents after receiving their KCPE exam results.<\/p>\n
The two girls, Sylvia Wanjiku from Kathiani Constituency and Mercy Chebet from Kericho County, both aged 14 years, claimed they had performed poorly in the national exams.<\/p>\n
Sylvia Wanjiku who scored 303 marks left a suicide note to her mother which read “Dear mum, I have let you down in this world without scoring 400 marks.”<\/p>\n
Relatives and neighbours said Mercy Chebet–who was a candidate at Ketitui Primary School–hanged herself after realising that she had scored 145 marks out of 500.<\/p>\n
Mr Peter Bett, a resident of the deceased’s Ketitui Village, said the girl hanged herself using a lesso.<\/p>\n
“She was in low spirits after checking her results,” he said.<\/p>\n
He said the girl had jokingly told the parent that she was going to commit suicide because of the poor results but the warning was not taken seriously.<\/p>\n
The mother was shocked to find the body of her daughter dangling from the roof of the house and immediately raised alarm which attracted the villagers.<\/p>\n
Telanet Location Chief John Too called on parents to counsel their children who performed dismally to avert such incidents.<\/p>\n
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