A form four candidate lost her life after she drowned in a river where they had gone for a field trip.
The deceased who was a student of Mugoiri girls high school had gone for a steamy session together with her colleagues in kirinyaga county when the tragedy struck.
It is during the trip that two students drowned.
The two were rescued and it is during the resuscitation process that things turned for the worse for the deceased.
She was rushed to Kerugoya Level 5 hospital by ambulance and was pronounced dead upon arrival.
"By the time we got to the hospital she was pronounced dead," Susan Mundia the school principal told the media.
The school located in Muranga has a penchant for taking its candidates to steamy sessions every year.
"We always have this activity every year to help them cool off from the pressure before they sit for KCSE," Mundia added.
Mundia clarified that the mother of the student was part of the trip from the school.
"We were with her even when we were trying to resuscitate the student. We are currently in the mortuary right now," she added.
The tragedy comes less than four weeks before the commencement of the Kenya certificate of secondary education examinations.
The exams have been scheduled to begin on November 28.
