Grief struck a village in Homa Bay County after a Standard Seven pupil committed suicide on Saturday night at his parent's house. Mavin Okuku, reportedly hanged himself at his parents’ house at Ramba village in Mbita Sub-county over claims that his mother deterred him from watching a football match between Chelsea and Manchester City on Saturday night. The minor who was a pupil at Ramba Primary School was found dead on Sunday morning. He told his parents that he would leave home to watch the game at Ramba trading center that night in the company of his friends. According to Mfangano North chief Bernard Oloo, the boy’s mother turned down his requests to watch the match and told him to go and sleep.

Source: Standard Digital May 31, 2021 12:00 UTC