A 23-year-old form three student on Wednesday, May 4, stabbed a fellow student, an 18-year-old to death in Keben High School of Belgut, Kericho County. The two are said to have had an altercation before the situation escalated and took a turn for the worse.

Learning had been disrupted in Keben High school after the students went out of the school in protest to demand justice for their colleague. Police quickly launched a manhunt for the suspect who had gone into hiding after committing the atrocious act, but was later arrested.

The cause of the confrontation has not been established but further investigations by authorities have commenced.  The incident is not the first of its kind to happen in Rift Valley after a case in November, 2021, involving a Form Four student in Uasin Gishu where he killed his form three female lover and her one-year-old baby.