Two people died by suicide in separate incidents reported to police on Friday.
The first incident was reported in Kisii’s Bigege village where one Erick Nyakundi, 44 who is a teacher at Sikawa Secondary School in Transmara East Sub-county, was found dead after a suspected suicide.
The body was found hanging behind the house from a roof truss with a rope tied around his neck.
The scene was visited and the body was moved to Kisii referral hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem. No suicide note was recovered.
In Bungoma’s Menu village, Sirisia, a 16-year-old boy was found dead on a tree.
The body of the boy was found hanging on a tree with a piece of cloth tied around his neck. The motive of the incident is yet to be known.
The body with no visible injuries was moved to Bungoma Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.
The incidents happened a day after a 30-year-old man and his 20-year-old girlfriend were admitted at the Kiambu Level Five Hospital after an attempted murder and suicide incident.
The boyfriend is suspected to have tried to kill the girlfriend before he also attempted suicide.
Outgoing Kiambu police commander Michael Muchiri said the woman was rushed to the hospital with multiple stab wounds in the neck and hands.
It was then officials rushed back to the house where they found the man in the house near St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Kiambu.
Police said they found a pool of blood in the rented house and battery sulphuric acid spilt on the floor.
Cases of suicide have been on the rise amid campaigns to address the trend.
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.
