A student at St. Joseph’s Nyabigena Boys High School in Kisii could face murder charges following the death of his colleague last week.
Isaiah Mirinya, a school prefect, has been in police custody since February 27.
He was taken to the Nyamarambe Police Station over the murder of Kevin Omwando three days earlier.
The form three student was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Tabaka Mission hospital where he had been rushed following the incident.
Reports showed that the student 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.
The victim was the only son in his family and was in school courtesy of a well wisher after losing his mum in 2015.
“We want more that time to complete investigations, a postmortem, mental assessment, recording of statements and gather more evidence,” the Prosecution said.
Ogembo Resident Magistrate Gloria Barasah granted the application to hold him for five more days.
The suspect is likely to be arraigned at the Kisii High Court to answer to the charges.
Committing murder is contrary to Section 203 as read with Section 204 of the Penal Code.