A Kenyan student is battling to save his life at a hospital in the coastal city of Mombasa after he was flogged for eating five chapatis instead of one allocated by the school. Videos and pictures cited by local media indicate that the 13-year-old boy has black marks on his body. His parents say the school did not inform them about the situation until a week later when the boy had shown serious signs of illness. Doctors at the hospital say the boy has an acute kidney injury and his genitals were also injured. This issue brings memories of a similar incident in Nigeria in December last year, where a 12-year-old schoolboy lost his life due to controversial circumstances whiles in school.

Source: Ethiopian News February 03, 2022 07:28 UTC