Many are the times when our days start out normal but end up a complete disaster.
This kinds of nightmare is still haunting the family whose 16-year-old son stabbed a man to death is yet to come to terms with the shocking incident.
Kericho County deputy police commander Patricia Nasio, confirmed the incident and said a bloodstained murder weapon was collected at the scene and is being kept as an exhibit.
The suspect’s mother, Irene Koech, describes her son, who is linked to the murder of 65-year-old Michael Rono, as a bright child. The Form One student at Kabarous Day Secondary School, surrendered to the police and will be arraigned in court once investigations are complete.
“He was number six in a class of over 100 students during the first term examinations,” Irene said.
When confronted with allegations that her son reacted over her love affair with the deceased, the mother-of-five denied having a sexual relationship with the dead man, describing him as “a gentleman who was a constant visitor to her house since her husband died in 2017.”
She added that: “I did not have any sexual affair with the deceased. He was just one of my late husband clansmen who constantly checked on me and my children.”
She also denied that her son was upset over her alleged relationship with the deceased.
“I was about to retire to bed when Rono, who is my late husband clansman knocked at my door and asked for supper. While I was warming food for him, my son, whose anger I didn’t understand, stormed in and attacked Rono. I don’t know what differences they had,” she said.