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Police in Nyamira are investigating the death of an 11-year-old girl whose body was found in a well in her grandmother's compound, five days after she was reported missing.
The Grade 6 pupil at Ekoro Primary school in Nyamira South was reported missing on March 29 after she was sent by her grandmother, with whom she lived with, to collect a debt.
The money had been borrowed by a neighbour in Ting’a village. She never returned.
Everline Kwamboka, who lives in the same compound with the elderly woman, sent the girl to collect a debt from a nearby neighbour as soon as she reported back to school.
She said they made a report to the area chief’s office the following day and also made a missing person's report to the local media houses.
Kwamboka said that on Monday, April 3, instincts led her to a well within the compound.
When she opened it, she noticed an object at the water level and she immediately called a neighbour who suspected the object could be a human being.
They raised an alarm to attract villagers. The area's acting chief called the police from Manga police station who retrieved the body.
The headteacher, Absolom Ondieki, said the girl attended school on Tuesday last week and later a sports event at a neighbouring school and didn’t show any signs of stress.
Ondieki said she did not turn up the following day, which prompted him to send her colleagues to go and check on her. Later on Wednesday, her guardian reported to the school about her disappearance.
“We have since then been hoping the girl will return to school. Unfortunately, we have been hit by the sad news this morning of her death.
"The school is mourning the loss and her schoolmates are tormented and we ask the investigating agencies to unravel the mystery behind her death,” Ondieki said.
Her class teacher, Alex Joel, termed the girl as a well-mannered child, whom he has known since Grade 4.
“She has been of good character and well-mannered all the way from the time I knew her in grade 4. We,only ask the government to unearth the riddle behind her death,” Joel said.
Her body was moved to Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital. Mortuary awaiting autopsy.
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