A form four student from St. Philips Day Mixed Secondary School in Kirinyaga went through a terrifying ordeal after he was allegedly drugged and abducted on his way to school, just hours before sitting for his first KCSE exam.
The student, Wycliffe Muthii, had woken up early on Monday morning, full of excitement and determination to begin his national exams. According to his parents, Julius Wamugunda and Mercy Wambura, he prepared tea for the family, wished them goodbye, and left home around 6 a.m. “He was so eager; he even told us this was the day he had been waiting for,” his father recalled.
But a few hours later, the family received a distressing phone call from the school administration asking about their son’s whereabouts. Wycliffe had not arrived at school and had missed his first paper. Panic and confusion immediately gripped the family and their neighbours, who began a frantic search across the area.
His aunt, Roselyn Warui, said the search led them to various police stations as they feared something terrible had happened.
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Later that day, a call from Makuyu Police Station in Murang’a County, several kilometres away from their home, changed everything.
An officer informed them that a boy matching Wycliffe’s description had been found, disoriented and weak.
“When I spoke to him over the phone, his voice was trembling. He sounded lost, confused, like he didn’t know where he was,” Warui recounted tearfully.
The family rushed to Makuyu, where they found Wycliffe exhausted and barely coherent. They immediately took him to Sagana Sub-County Hospital, where he was treated and stabilized.
His devastated mother, struggling to hold back tears, could not understand why anyone would harm her son, especially on the morning of his exams.
“Who would drug and abduct my child on such an important day? He had no enemies, no problems with anyone,” she cried.
Police in Kirinyaga have since launched investigations to uncover what really happened and to identify those behind the attack.
The shocking incident has sparked concern among parents and educators over the safety of students sitting for national exams across the country.
As Wycliffe slowly recovers, his story remains a chilling reminder of how quickly a hopeful morning can turn into a family’s worst nightmare, and how fragile the safety of young learners can be in moments that should mark the beginning of their future.
