Police are
investigating three separate cases of suicide reported on Saturday, May 24.
All the victims were
women, police said.
The first incident
happened in Maraigushu, Naivasha where a 62-year-old woman was found dead after
hanging herself using a sisal rope.
Police said the body
of Lucy Wanjiku Kamurwa was found hanging from a sisal rope tied to the roof in
her bedroom.
The motive of the
incident was not established.
In Kisii’s Nyamache
area, another woman aged 68 died by suicide in her house using a sisal rope.
The body of Serabina
Ntabo was found hanging from the roof of the house. The motive of the incident
is yet to be known, police said.
In Mwea, Embu
County, a woman aged 19 died by suicide in her house.
Police said Pauline
Wangui Njuki used a piece of cloth to hang herself in the sitting room.
The motive of the
incident was not known.
The bodies were
moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
Suicide cases have
been on the rise amid campaigns to address the trend.
Police say the trend has been worrying and increasing, with
up to two cases are reported daily.
The
World Health Organisation says such cases are attributed to joblessness, death,
academic failures or pressures, legal difficulties and financial difficulties.
Other reasons are bullying, previous suicide
attempts, history of suicide in a family, alcoholism and substance misuse,
depression and bipolar disorder.
Meanwhile, a student was electrocuted in an incident in
Tsagasinin village, Kaloleni, Kilifi County.
The victim was a
student at Tsagasin Junior Secondary in the area, police said.
The boy was
electrocuted while fetching water from a tank near their house on Saturday evening.
The water is
believed to have been connected to a live wire.
Police were called
to the scene and moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other
investigations.
Police blamed the illegal connection for the incident amid the probe.
Kenya power officials visited the scene as part of the probe.
