A 16-year old student died under mysterious circumstances in Vuyiya, Vihiga county, after
an outing with a teacher at a local bar.
The form three learner
is said to have gone missing on September 13 after visiting
the teacher she reportedly met through Facebook.
Her mother Linet Keseri, who lives in Nairobi,
told the Star that the girl
was sent home on September 9 to collect Sh1,000 in remedial fee arrears.
She said her daughter recounted her ordeal after she was found by police but died days later.
Keseri said an uncle gave the girl the money on September 13 but that she did not make the payment when she returned to school so she could be sent away again.
"After being sent home, she hitched a boda boda ride to Kegoye Secondary School to see the teacher," said the woman.
"It was the first time that the girl and Silas Muhadia were meeting."
Keseri said her child informed her that the teacher bought her a change of clothes as she went to Kegoye in her school uniform.
The student reportedly used the same boda boda for a trip to Mbale and back to Kegoye, having changed into the clothes bought by Muhadia.
Keseri said the boda boda rider informed her that the teacher took the girl's uniform away before asking her to wait at the watchman's post.
"Later at 7pm, they went to Majengo market. We believe that it was here that the girl was given alcohol and later booked into a hotel room," she said.
The woman said her daughter told her that the teacher forced her to take alcohol before she was taken to a lodging at Club Base in Majengo.
She said the girl claimed the teacher told her he had "to get value for his money". The teacher left for school saying he would be back but the student reportedly left the room at about 9pm and started walking towards Kisumu.
Keseri said her daughter was abducted
moments later in Boyani area
"My daughter said she was abducted by three people who sped off towards Kisumu town," her mother said.
She said the girl must have been drugged as she woke up at Nyamasaria in Kisumu on the morning on September 14. A grocer found her and took her to her house where she stayed for about two weeks.
Keseri told journalists that
Vihiga DCI officers tracked the girl through her Facebook account, on which there was sporadic activity.
"They found her at Ukwala and she was taken to Vihiga police station where she recorded a statement. She looked stressed and frail. Police advised us to take her for a medical check up before she could be interrogated further," she said.
The girl was taken back to school on November 1 but was
admitted to Mungoma hospital in Majengo the next day after falling ill.
She went into a coma and died on November 6, her mother said, adding her last words were: "Silas, you have destroyed my life."
The mother of five said she learned of her daughter's absence from school when a teacher called to find out why she had not returned after being sent away for the money.
Muhadia said he left the student in the room but found her missing when he came back.
He was released from police custody before the girl was found but her family has demanded justice.
Vihiga OCPD Alfred Agen'go defended police against accusations of poorly handling the case, and added that they found the girl and safely took her back to her mother.
The body is lying at St Monica Funeral home in Kisumu.