‘Suicide note’ leaves more questions in Naalya SS student’s death
A handwritten note reportedly recovered from a senior four student at Naalya Senior Secondary School’s Bweyogerere campus has raised fresh questions about the circumstances surrounding his death, with police cautioning that investigations are still underway. The note, believed to have been recovered after the body of Naish Trevor Mamuz was found hanging in a school […] The post ‘Suicide note’ leaves more questions in Naalya SS student’s death appeared first on The Observer Media Ltd.
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A handwritten note reportedly recovered from a senior four student at Naalya Senior Secondary School’s Bweyogerere campus has raised fresh questions about the circumstances surrounding his death, with police cautioning that investigations are still underway.
The note, believed to have been recovered after the body of Naish Trevor Mamuz was found hanging in a school toilet, reportedly suggests the student had been struggling with emotional distress.
According to the school’s spokesperson, Dr John Bossa, the note was recovered after police opened the toilet where the student was found. Bossa said the student wrote that he had decided to end his life because his parents did not listen to him and that he felt different from other children.
He added that Mamuz had been unwell in recent months and had been allowed to return home for treatment before resuming school about a week earlier.
According to Bossa, the student had appeared to settle back into school life, performing well academically and interacting normally with classmates, making his death a shock to both staff and students.
However, Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire urged the public against drawing conclusions, saying investigators are still establishing both the circumstances surrounding the student’s death and the authenticity of the note.
“The note has been secured and is being examined as part of the investigation. We want to establish whether he indeed took his own life or not. We do not want people to speculate at this stage. We shall also establish whether the note was written by him or by someone else,” Owoyesigyire said.
The student’s mother, Vivian Lekuru, said the family was too distraught to comment and would wait for the outcome of the police investigations before speaking publicly.
The incident has renewed concern over the growing number of student deaths reported in schools and universities in recent years.
Education stakeholders have repeatedly cited academic pressure, family expectations and limited access to mental health and counselling services as factors that can contribute to emotional distress among learners. They continue to call for stronger school-based counselling programmes and greater attention to students’ mental wellbeing.
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