Written By John Mutiso 📝
A primary school teacher has been shot dead by armed bandits who attacked a school in Kerio Valley, Elgeyo Marakwet County.
Simon Kiprotich Cheserek, a teacher at Chesongoch Primary School, was shot in the head, chest, and legs by suspected bandits along the Chesongoch-Tot Highway in Toroko.
According to Yano Leljin, a resident, bandits ambushed the 57-year-old around 5 p.m. while on his way home from work and then fled, leaving him for dead.
He was rushed to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Confirming the incident, Marakwet East Sub-County Commissioner Simon Osumba stated that Cheserek was ambushed by a group of armed bandits while riding his motorcycle home to Kakibiyoswo village.
“Armed bandits were hiding in a thicket at Toroko area along Chesongoch-Tot highway where they shot Cheserek who was on his motorcycle,” Osumba said.
