19-year-old KCSE candidate electrocuted to death in Mombasa

A family in Bangladesh village of Mikindani ward, Mombasa County, is mourning after their daughter was electrocuted to death minutes after finishing a KCSE exam paper.

The Kajembe High School student was going back home after finishing the day's paper when she met her unfortunate demise.

Due to heavy downpours in Mombasa, all narrow paths between the mud and iron sheet houses were filled with stormwater and she was forced to walk through it.

According to residents, the student stepped into one area with hanging electric wires submerged and she was electrocuted to death.

“The girl had not even changed the school uniform, it's so unfortunate, we don't even know who to blame but definitely Kenya Power should have taken action before the accident,” Jackline Adhiambo, one of the residents, told Citizen Digital.

The body has since been taken to the Coast General Hospital morgue as investigations continue.