The family of a Grade 8 pupil who died in the Umoja area, Nairobi after allegedly falling from the seventh floor inside the school premises has rejected the autopsy results, citing foul play in the investigations.
The family stated that the report which indicated internal bleeding, fractured ribs and bones is not aligned with the preliminary investigations conducted by the detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) which showed no fracture or blood at the scene.
The post-mortem procedure was conducted by government pathologist Dr Charles Muturi and supervised by representatives from the family and the school.
The results of the post-mortem examination concluded that the student died as a result of falling off the school building. However, this conclusion was disputed by the pupil's family.
"They told us that according to their results, it is consistent with a fall from a higher ground. When the DCI inspected the scene, they found that it was not consistent with the current results, "Simon Njiru, the deceased's father told the press.
"When I arrived at the scene, there was no blood, no fracture, nothing that you could tell apart from swollen on his head and bruises on his body."
Stella Nyawira, the deceased's mother insisted that several things were not adding up based on the body was found on the fateful day.
She speculated that her son was defiled before the incident following preliminary reports by police that he had bruises on his private parts.
"The post-mortem states that there was blood on his clothes and the floor but there was no single drop of blood so we ruled it out. They also state he died by suicide by falling from the 7th floor and broken bones, we don't agree at all," she remarked.
"The DCI told us that he had bruises on his private parts and so the pathologist has taken some samples to know what happened."
In its defence, the school's lawyer, Danstan Omari, concurred with the pathologist's report, disputing foul play.
"There were injuries that the boy's bones, pelvic girdle, the front part of bosom, rib cage, scapula heading into the shoulder blade were broken, the spinal cord had some injuries and there was blood all over. They have concluded unanimously that the cause of death is a fall from a height that was high," Omari highlighted.
Following the incident, two school directors and three other people were placed in custody until Wednesday when the court will decide whether they are eligible for bond.
