• Lucy Wambui who allegedly died by suicide in Kiambu was not a student of JKUAT.
• The two are reported to have been missing on the graduation list due to the missing marks.
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The management of the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has called upon the police to investigate on the alleged death by suicide of two students.
The two are reported to have been missing on the graduation list due to the missing marks.
According to the police report, their bodies were found in their respective hostels outside JKUAT in Maya Apartments, Kenyatta Road and Kwa Njoro Area 2.
“We confirm that Lenny Jessy Masiga and Irene Monica Mwangi were JKUAT students pursuing Strategic Management in the school of entrepreneurship and BSc Business Computing respectively and their records are in order,” JKUAT Corporate Communication Officer (CCO) Joan Mutua said on Friday.
Officials said preliminary findings had shown Mwangi hanged herself after failing to graduate.
Her body was found in her bathroom's door frame at a Juja apartment.
A piece of cloth was found around the neck and was subjected to forensic analysis.
This happened as other students who had completed their studies graduated on June 28.
She had complained to her friends that she was frustrated over her failure to graduate.
On June 25, the body of the fourth-year student Masiga was found hanging in his room in Juja, Kiambu County.
The body was discovered by his girlfriend who had gone to visit him.
Police said they discovered the deceased had a stab wound in the chest and he used a laptop cable to hang himself.
The girlfriend told police the deceased was scheduled to graduate on June 28, when the institution holds its 38th graduation ceremony but when he failed to get all his marks, he was upset.
Mutua, however, clarified that Lucy Wambui, a third student who allegedly died by suicide in Kiambu was not a student of JKUAT.
He said that JKUAT is committed to the well-being of its students and extended their condolences to the families, friends and relatives of the deceased.