Death toll rises to 14 in Kakamega Primary School stampede

Kakamega Primary School after a stampede occurred on February 3, 2020. 

The death toll from the stampede that occurred on Monday evening at Kakamega Primary School has risen to 14 after one more pupil succumbed to injuries.

Kakamega Central OCPD David Kabena had earlier placed the number of learners killed at 13 with at least 39 injured.

One more learner later died at Nala Nursing Home, according to Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya.

Two of the injured pupils were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the Kakamega County Referral Hospital.

According to the OCPD the pupils most of them in Class Five were leaving their classes heading home when the stampede occurred on a staircase at around 5pm.

It is reported that a teacher at the school was beating some pupils prompting the other learners to run down a staircase and in the process, some fell and were trampled to death.

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However, further investigations into the incident are ongoing.