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The Ulanda High School Form Two student who was shot by a prison warder in Migori is helped into an ambulance during the Nyanza school games on May 27. The girl was referred to Tenwek Mission Hospital in Bomet County. (PHOTO: SCOPHINE OTIENO/ STANDARD)
A Form Two student has been hospitalised in critical condition after she was shot by a prison warder in Migori County.
The prison warder was pursuing a fleeing inmate when he accidentally shot the student from Ulanda Girls High School in the eye and head, sparking a demonstration by Migori residents, who accused the officer of being trigger happy.
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