Police are focusing closely on a handwritten note found after the death of a Senior Four student at Naalya Senior Secondary School’s Bweyogerere Campus. The note has become central to their probe into the events leading to the boy’s passing.

The note is thought to have been written by the deceased student, Naish Trevor Mamuz. It reportedly conveyed deep emotional pain, with the writer expressing exhaustion from ongoing suffering and claiming that his parents neither listened to him nor showed him affection.

School spokesperson Dr John Bossa explained that authorities discovered the note after opening the toilet where the student was found. In it, the student reportedly stated his decision to take his own life, citing his parents’ failure to listen and his sense of being different from other children.

Dr Bossa noted that the student had experienced health issues in the preceding months.

He was permitted to go home for treatment and had only returned to school roughly a week before the incident. Upon his return, the student seemed to read just well — he performed strongly in his studies and interacted normally with peers.

His sudden death therefore came as a major shock to teachers and fellow students alike.

Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, however, cautioned the public against jumping to conclusions.

He said investigators are still working to confirm the exact circumstances of the death and to verify the note’s authenticity.

“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 stated.

The student’s mother, Vivian Lekuru, indicated that the family remains too overwhelmed to speak at present. She added that they would await the full results of the police investigation before making any public comments.

This development occurs against a backdrop of rising worry about the growing number of student deaths in schools and universities across the country in recent years.

Education experts have often pointed to factors such as intense academic pressure, high family expectations, and limited access to mental health support and counselling services as contributors to emotional struggles among students.

They continue to advocate for improved counselling programmes within schools and greater emphasis on learners’ mental wellbeing.