A school prefect at St Joseph Nyabigena secondary school in Kisii has been accused of beating up a fellow student to death.
The victim, a form three student, was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Tabaka Mission hospital where he had been rushed following the incident.
The cause of death has been blamed on the school management giving school prefects a lot of power over other students.
It is reported that the victim got into an argument with the school prefect after he was found reading a bible at 7am on Tuesday, February 26.
A student who spoke of the matter says that the prefect- a form four student- slapped the victim and kicked him in the stomach severally.
County Police Commander Martin Kibet who confirmed the incident said that police are already conducting investigations into the matter.
Officers from the Nyarambe police station interrogated the teachers after the incident but are yet to make any arrests.
Parents who streamed to the school after the reports told journalists that they had raised the issue of prefects punishing the students on several parent meetings to no avail.