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Kenyan Student who Died in Her University Room in the US to Be Buried Saturday

Kenyan Student who Died in Her University Room in the US to Be Buried Saturday

Norah Borus Chelagat, a 24-year-old Kenyan student who was found dead in her university room in California earlier this month will be buried on Saturday.

The lifeless body of Ms. Borus was found in her on-campus room at Stanford University in California on Friday, June 14th.

Her family was allowed to airlift her remains to Kenya last weekend following a postmortem examination by Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner. The cause of her death is yet to be made public.

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A requiem mass for Ms. Norah was held on Thursday at the Africa Inland Church (AIC) in Lang’ata, Nairobi.

Speaking during the service, her father Dr. Peter Borus said he found an open Bible when he entered Norah's room at Stanford University.

“And I believe Norah was praying,” said Mr. Borus, who traveled to the US following her death.

Norah joined Stanford in 2014 to study Computer Science.

She was ranked as the top student in Nairobi County in the 2013 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination and fourth nationally.

Norah will be laid to rest at her family’s rural home in Uasin Gishu County on Saturday.

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  1. KenyaJun 28, 2019

    RIP

  2. GUEST1Jun 28, 2019

    If Norah joined Stanford in 2014 (about 5yrs ago), she is supposed to have finished her Bachelors degree and doing her Masters (by the time she died). So sad.

  3. KenyaJun 29, 2019

    @GUEST1, She was a graduate student. It was in one of the articles.

  4. GUEST1Jun 29, 2019

    OoooKay!

  5. RdJun 29, 2019

    She joined in 2015 not 2014 as reported. She was barely four years in the US at the point of her death.

  6. GUEST1Jun 29, 2019

    I get it.👍

  7. JustMeJun 29, 2019

    Curious...what caused her death?

  8. Myat Ko Ko NaingJun 30, 2019

    She is very smart student

  9. Myat Ko Ko NaingJun 30, 2019

    what cause her death

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