This archive report was first published on 11 September 2019.
On September 6, 2019, a 14-year-old girl from Kabiangek Primary School in Konoin Constituency took her own life after being humiliated by a teacher for soiling her dress during menstruation.
According to the girl's mother, Beatrice Chepkurui, her daughter's periods began in class on Friday, and she had nothing to use as a pad. When the blood stained her clothes, she was told to leave the classroom and stand outside.
Her mother said other girls in her class later narrated how she was thrown out of the classroom for soiling her dress, which led to her committing suicide the same day in the evening.
More than 200 parents from the school accompanied Chepkurui in a protest at the institution on Tuesday afternoon, where they condemned the teacher and management of the school for failing to protect the pupil.
Police arrested five parents in the ensuing drama at the school, and learning was brought to a standstill.
Several parents who protested at the school said it was absurd for a female teacher to humiliate a girl because of menstruation, and they demanded that police question the teacher involved to know the circumstances that led to the girl's expulsion from class.
