The parent of Deborah Nchagwa, a 17 year old learner at Moi Nyabohanse Girls’ School in Migori County who collapsed and lost her life under unclear circumstances has come out, pleading with the government to intervene and serve them justice over the death of his daughter.
According to the girl’s father Pastor Evans Mohere Kimeru, he received the news at half past 2 PM on the same day, that her daughter is ill and was at Migori County Referral Hospital.
However, being that he comes from far, it took him 2 hours to get to Migori at around 4 pm where he found her child’s dead body at the morgue.
“I was called that my daughter was sick and has been admitted at Migori hospital. However it took me two hours to get to Migori where contrary to the report I received of her sickness, she was already dead,” Narrated the father.
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He added that he found her daughter alone at the morgue, with no one to explain to him how things came to be.
Moreover, he questioned who admitted the girl to the morgue without his knowledge as her parent, something no one could answer or explain as well.
“When I get to Migori, I found my daughter in the mortuary and no one could explain to me how this came to be.” He said.
On what could have been the cause of the girl’s demise, her father outlined that her daughter was very much well when she left home and even the school confirmed to him that she was never sick.
What he was told on the fateful day was that her daughter collapsed and was taken to hospital in Migori, where she unfortunately succumbed.
He decried that the school management is yet to communicate to him despite the demise of her daughter, something that he say is unusual and leave him with many questions.
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“Until this moment, I have not received any communication from the school regarding the death of my child. I am worried because I don’t know what transpired”, he said.
Migori County Director of Education Jacob Onyiego while commenting on the incident noted that he received the information about the girls’ demise and after gathering information, he confirmed the girl passed on after collapsing.
Onyiego further revealed that the school informed him that the girl was among other girls who were training for music festivals before she collapsed and taken to the nearest health facility where she was pronounced dead upon arriving at the facility.
The Girls Body has been moved to Kehancha Sub County Hospital morgue from Migori County Referral Hospital waiting for postmortem as the school remains closed following students unrest.
The father now pleads with the government through the Ministry of Education to help him seek justice for the demise of his child.
By Polycarp Ochieng
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