By NATION Correspondent Posted Wednesday, October 28 2009 at 22:32
Two Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination candidates are sitting the examination under police guard after they allegedly threatened to commit suicide.
The two Kiangwenyi Mixed Secondary School students, said to be long-time lovers, were arrested on Tuesday in Kerugoya. Police said the girl planned to kill herself when she realised she was pregnant. When her boyfriend got wind of her intention, he bought a rope with which he intended to hang himself with.
Returned to cells
Police acting on a tip-off arrested the two and they are now being escorted to the examination centre in Kirinyaga East District and returned to their cells after finishing the papers. They are said to have quarrelled bitterly when the girl proposed to have an abortion but the boy refused.
“The boy insisted that she delivers the baby while the girl threatened to abort or kill herself,” a villager, who did not want to be named, said.
On Wednesday, acting head of police Patrick Oduma said the students had recorded statements and would remain in custody until the national examinations are completed later next month. “We will keep them in our cells for their own safety,” he said. The two are to appear in court after the examination.
Source: Daily Nation
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