A woman drowned after he jumped into the River Yala, Siaya County.
Police said the victim died by suicide in the
incident and linked the same to an earlier domestic dispute in her nearby home.
The incident happened on August 25 in the afternoon,
witnesses and police said.
A bag with documents that identified the woman as
Seline Adhiambo, 18, was found on the bridge of the river where she had jumped
from, police said.
The police said they also found a pair of open shoes
at the scene.
The efforts to
retrieve the body were ongoing, police said on Wednesday. The river
leads to the Lake Victoria.
Her relatives said the woman had quarrelled with the
mother and threatened to die by suicide.
Elsewhere in Savane village, Kakamega County, a
grade seven pupil was found dead after a suspected suicide incident in their
house.
Police said the girl used a rope to hang herself in a
house where the family operates a posho mill. The motive of the incident is yet
to be known, police said.
The body was removed from the scene to the mortuary
pending an autopsy and investigations.
In Gachoka, Mbeere,
Embu County, a man aged 30 was found dead after he ingested a poisonous
chemical in his house. Police said they are investigating the incident.
Suicide cases have been on the rise amid efforts to
address the trend. Up to three cases are reported daily, police say.
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 man aged 18 is admitted to the hospital
after falling from the tenth floor of a house in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area.
The man is said to have been removing his clothes
from the rooftop of the residential house on Monday night when he slid and
fell.
He was rushed to the hospital and admitted in stable condition, police said.
