A middle-aged bodaboda operator in Mwingi town has committed suicide after a disagreement with his wife.
Joshua Tungu hanged himself using a rope inside his rented house in Mwingi town.
David Maluki, a neighbor said they heard a commotion from the deceased house where on finding out, they saw his body dangling from the roof.
" We heard a weird sound from his house and on peeping from the window, we saw his body hanging from the roof," he said
He said Joshua had had an argument with his wife which led to her leaving him at her maternal home.
He also said he was a peaceful man who lived well with his neighbors.
He added that after his wife left him, his brother spent the night with him to avoid him doing any awkward things.
A few minutes after he left the house, he received a call that he had committed suicide.
Elsewhere, a 15-year-old girl from Kavuoni area of Mwingi central committed suicide.
Peninah Kanyiva Kimanzi was set to join form two this year at Itoloni girls secondary school in Mwingi west before committing suicide.
According to a police report, when her mother went to pay her school fees, she hanged herself using a lesso on the truss of her grandmother's house.
Her aunt discovered her lifeless body and immediately informed the deceased mother and the police.
A suicide note was collected at the scene where she alleged that she had not completed her school homework and would not tolerate canning at the school.
Her body was moved to Mwingi level 4 hospital mortuary awaiting autopsy.
Acting Mwingi central sub-county police commander Kazungu Charo urged locals to be talking to peers, friends or relatives in a bid to erase such thoughts from their minds.
