This archive report was first published on 19 October 2019.
On October 19, 2019, a 17-year-old student in Ol Kalou tragically took his own life by hanging himself in a well.
According to his mother, the youth had been sent home from school due to indiscipline and had been home for a week after he allegedly refused to take revision papers to prepare for the exams.
His last words, as written in his suicide note, were 'My time has come, let me go... I feel worthless... left my bicycle with a friend... give the rabbits back to their owner.'
The note also revealed that he had been planning his death for some time, as early as August, and had even told a neighbour that he would die before her.
His mother discovered his body hanging inside the well on Monday evening, after she had gone to the farm to weed near the well.
The family was shocked by his death, as he was known to be 'always calm, obedient and did not like an argument.'
The motive for his death was not clear, with some citing rejection by a girl and others saying he was not on good terms with one of the female teachers due to his unwillingness to study.
His suicide note also revealed that he felt worthless and boring, and that he forgave those who offended him and sought forgiveness from those he had offended.
