Secondary School Student Commits Suicide in Boyfriend’s House After Argument With Mother

A secondary school student has reportedly committed suicide at her boyfriend’s house, after an argument with her mother.

The deceased, Joan Wekesa, a 21-year-old form two student of Naburereya secondary school in Bungoma county of Kenya, had threatened announced she doesn’t want to go to school anymore and would commit suicide if pestered.

Her mother, Praxidese Wekesa recounted how she visited her daughter’s boyfriend’s house after being told by neighbors that she spent the night there.

The mother had gone to inform Joan’s dad about the situation, but they both met her body dangling.

She said;

“I was told by a neighbour that Joan had spent a night with a man who works at a local concrete making company but when I come and asked her she looked at me and kept quiet.”