A student died after he jumped off the 14th floor
of an apartment in the Kasarani area, Nairobi.
Police said they are investigating suicide in the incident that involved a United States International University (USIU) male Tanzanian student.
He was a second-year student at the time of the incident, police and his colleagues said.
The victim left a suicide note addressed to his parents.
Details of the suicide note were not immediately made public.
The body of the student was discovered Wednesday morning by other tenants at the apartment near the institution moments after the incident.
Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said they are investigating the incident.
The student lived alone in his room at the apartment at the time of the incident.
Police visited the scene and moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
Elsewhere in Kirengero, Subukia, Nakuru County, the body of a woman was found hanging on rafters after a suspected suicide.
Police said the incident happened in Jumatatu Village and involved Damaris Njeri, 35.
She had been missing for hours prompting the husband to look for her.
It was then that he stumbled on the woman’s body hanging on the rafters of the house with no physical injuries.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary.
Suicide cases have been on the rising trend amid calls to address the same.
The government says they have put in place mechanisms to address the menace.
Police say the trend has been worrying and
increasing as up to two cases are reported daily.
The World Health Organisation says such cases are attributed to joblessness, death, academic failures or pressures, legal and financial difficulties.
Other reasons are bullying, previous suicide attempts, history of suicide in a family, alcoholism and substance misuse, depression and bipolar disorder.
