A family's hopes of celebrating their daughter's completion of secondary school have turned into grief following the death of a 17-year-old KCSE candidate in Homa Bay County.
Conjestina Achieng, a Form Four student at Alaru Mixed Secondary School, died after sitting her first KCSE examination papers after developing chest pains.
According to the teachers, they noticed that Conjestina was unwell during the examination day and contacted her parents to alert them about her condition.
Her health reportedly deteriorated later, prompting her family to rush her to hospital, where she died.
The tragedy has left her family devastated, with the teenager's death bringing an abrupt end to her dream of becoming a lawyer.
Conjestina, who was from Kanyaliech Village in Karachuonyo Constituency, is remembered by her family as a loving, hardworking and ambitious girl with a promising future.
Her death has cast a shadow over the ongoing national examinations, which thousands of candidates are undertaking across the country in pursuit of their academic and career ambitions.
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