JKUAT Student Denied US Scholarship Jumps From Building’s 4th Floor.
JKUAT Student Denied US Scholarship Jumps From Building’s 4th Floor: A first year student at Jomo Kenyatta university of Agriculture and Technology, committed suicide by Jumping from the Hostel’s Fourth Floor.
According to reports, the student who was undertaking a course in Computer Science decided to that the step, on Saturday March 30. Efforts to save his life were in vain.
His classmates detailed that he received a rejection letter which did not sit right with him. Before he died, The deceased reached out to his father who calmed him down and encouraged him.
However, immediately After his father left the hostel, the young man jumped off the building.
Commenting on the matter was Timothy Gitonga, the Jomo Kenyatta University Student Association (JKUSA) Secretary General, who revealed that the deceased passed on at 8 pm on Saturday.
He said,” It is on a sad note I have to announce the death of one of our students let’s pray for the family. It is a sad day for us.”
His body was moved to the Thika Level 5 Hospital for preservation, pending an Autopsy.
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