'I told him not to go': Teen identified as victim killed in Ebola protest

Muigai had been sent home over a school fees balance, mother says...

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A 16-year-old student, Sylvester Muigai Ndung'u, was killed by a stray bullet during a violent protest against an anti-Ebola facility in Laikipia County.

The victim was a Form Three student at Thingithu Secondary School, sent home to clear a Sh5,700 school fees balance.
The protest involved clashes between residents and police in Nanyuki Town.
Simultaneously, Katiba Institute and the Law Society of Kenya are seeking to have the Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and Attorney-General Dorcas Oduor cited for contempt over the facility's construction.

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