11-year-old Boy Commits Suicide Over TV

There was shock at Irigu-ini village in Kigumo sub county after an 11 years old boy committed suicide following a disagreement with his cousin over television  programmes.

According to OCPD Ibrahim Mchuma, the minor Peter Ng’ang’a Waithira was watching TV with his 14 years old cousin when the argument occurred.

Mchuma said the boy was a standard six pupil at Kigumo Township Academy and lived with his single mother and one sibling.

But the OCPD noted that the boys’ family lives in the same compound with his extended family and that he wanted to watch one TV programme while his cousin wanted to view a different channel.

It is said the boy left the sitting room vowing to do something regrettable that would forever remain edged in his cousin’s mind.

“The boy got angry when the cousin switched the TV channel and walked away only to be found dead moments later,” Mchuma said.

Mchuma noted that the deceased’s body was taken to Githumu morgue and appealed to parents to take time with their children and teach them better ways of conflict resolution.

Area chief Mburu Gitau on his part noted that Ng’ang’a who was the first born in his family had a hot temper and was easily ticked off.

The boy, he added, took his own life using one of his clothes, to the shock of the entire village.

-ALICE WAITHERA