Lawyer Danstan Omari speaking to the media after the postmortem on Randy Mathenge at Kenyatta National Hospital, June 29, 2026. /SCREENGRABLakewood Premier School in Utawala says it will fully cooperate with homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations investigating the death of a student who allegedly fell from a school building more than a week ago.
Randy Mathenge, a Grade 9 pupil, allegedly fell on the morning of Friday, June 19, from the third floor of a classroom block through a stairwell grill and died at the scene.
A postmortem conducted on Monday at Kenyatta National Hospital by the Chief Government Pathologist, in the presence of pathologists representing various parties, including the family, established that the learner died from blunt force trauma after sustaining fatal head, chest and back injuries.
"From our investigations we have found that the late student suffered from a severe head injury, also back and chest injury due to what we can call blunt force trauma and is consistent with a fall from a height," the pathologist representing the family said.
Despite the postmortem findings, questions remain over the apparent absence of injuries to other parts of the body that would ordinarily be associated with a fall from such a height.
"There's a lot still to be answered, but we are hoping that we will get the right answers, and not just for this family alone that is bereaved, but also to protect the entire student fraternity, not just in this school but far and beyond," a second pathologist said.
Lawyer Danstan Omari, representing the school, urged the public to exercise patience as detectives continue investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
"My appeal to everybody: let us be sensitive to the family; let us not speculate on the cause of death. If the cause of death will be determined, the law is available to deal with the decision the pathologist and the DCI will draw. On behalf of the school, I have instructions to say the school will cooperate with the investigators, with the pathologists, and with the family to go through these motions," Omari said.
He also called on the investigative team to expedite the probe.
On the day of the incident, Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) officers from Embakasi processed and documented the scene before the body was moved to the Kenyatta University Funeral Home ahead of the postmortem examination.
Conflicting accounts have emerged since the incident, with questions raised over whether the learner accidentally slipped or deliberately jumped.
"We are urging investigative agencies to be very thorough on this and we are hoping that we will get answers to the very many questions that go into how someone would fall without any other bruises on the legs, hands and all those many things," one of the pathologists said.
