Shock as Bomet student dies by suicide after parental dispute
By Hillary Mutai, October 10, 2025Sombre moods engulfed Kaboson Girls Secondary School, located in Chepalungu sub-county in Bomet county, after a Form 4 student died by suicide within the school compound.
The body of the 17-year-old girl was found in the school’s store at around 7 am on Friday, October 10, 2025, and immediately, the school principal informed the police about the incident.
A police report indicates that the girl had previously informed her friend that she was having differences with her parents over her performance in school.
” On the previous day, she informed her friend that she had a difference with her because of her performance at school, and she left a suicide note to her classmate in Form 4 Central,” reads part of the report.
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Suicide note
The deceased is said to have also left a suicide note to her classmate before taking her life.
Police have since taken her body to the Longisa County Referral Hospital morgue.
A section of parents have come out and questioned how other parents treat their children. Erick Langat, a parent, speaking to K24 digital, said children should not be pressured to produce good results.
” All children are not the same; parents should be very cautious about how they handle their children,” Langat said.
Langat said, the information that she had differences with her parents over performance speaks a lot about how many children are treated.
Suicide rate in Kenya
This comes amid growing cases of suicide in the country, with the majority linked to marital and family issues.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately four people die by suicide in Kenya every day, with a crude suicide rate of 6.1 per 100,000 people.
For each death, there are more than 20 suicide attempts, which have a ripple effect on families, friends, colleagues, communities, and societies.
The report states that in 2021, an estimated 727,000 people across all ages lost their lives to suicide, equating to a global age-standardised suicide rate of 8.9 per 100,000.
However, the report says estimates of suicide rates vary significantly across countries, from fewer than one death by suicide per 100,000 in some nations to more than 30 per 100,000 in others.
Nearly three-quarters (73 per cent) of all suicides occur in LMICs, where most of the world’s population lives.
The report highlights that males experience more deaths than females from suicide, with more than twice as many males dying by suicide as women, even though it has been pointed out as a major cause of death in both genders.
“Globally, more than twice as many males die by suicide as women do. In both males and females, suicide is a major cause of death among young people,” the report reads