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Police said the suspect, identified as
Nahashon Mbogo, fed his two daughters, aged six and four, with a redcat poison.
He then hanged himself in his house in the October 21, 2025 incident. The motive of the incident was not immediately known.
Police said they are investigating murder and suicide incidents. The police suspect that after feeding the children with the poison and they had died and he laid them on their bed.
He then hanged himself using a rope that was found tied around his neck. The bodies of the girls were found lying on the bed, while that of the man was dangling from the roof of the house with a rope tied around his neck.
It is not clear where the mother of
the children was at the time of the incident.
Locals detected the incident and alerted the police. The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
This is the latest such suicide
incident to be reported amid efforts to address the trend.
The other incidents were reported in Kericho, Nairobi, and Meru, police said. The incidents are under probe for now, the teams handling the matters said on Wednesday.
For instance, in Nairobi’s Langata
area, a British national shot and killed himself in a suicide incident on
Tuesday.
The body of Harrison Christopher
James, 65 was found in his house on Wednesday after he had shot himself using
his legally issued shotgun.
Police said two suicide notes were
recovered from the house explaining the motive. Details of the notes were not
revealed.
The body was moved to the mortuary
pending an autopsy.
Police statistics show up to five
cases are at times reported daily in the worrying trend.
Most of the victims are men,
statistics show.
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, a history of suicide in a
family, alcoholism and substance misuse, depression, and bipolar disorder.
The government says efforts are being made to address the menace.
This includes increased counseling sessions in various places.
