A
22-year-old polytechnic student died by suicide after she had strangled her
four-month-old infant in her house in Magunga, Homa Bay County.
A suicide
note was found in the house explaining the Monday afternoon tragedy.
The body
of the student was found dangling on the roof truss of her parents’ house.
She had used a sisal rope to hang herself in the house, police said.
The
lifeless body was found lying on her bed while covered with a blanket.
Police said the woman was a student at a polytechnic and she left a note blaming a lecturer.
It was later established the woman had dropped out of the polytechnic due to the pregnancy.
The
bodies were moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.
The
woman's family was devastated by the developments, witnesses said.
Elsewhere,
a man was found dead in his house hours after he had asked his sister to visit
him in Umoja, Nairobi.
The
deceased identified as Valentine Isayi, 30, had sent his sister a message on the
mobile phone requesting a meeting on March 16.
The
sister visited on March 17 in the morning only to find the door to the house
partially locked from inside.
She told
police she sought help to open the door and later found the body of her brother
lying on the floor in the sitting room.
A
half-full bottle of pesticide was found on the table in the house.
Police
suspect he had swallowed the poison that caused his death.
The
motive of the incident is yet to be known.
The body
was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
This was
one of the suicide incidents reported to police on Monday.
In Kamulu,
Nairobi, the body of one James Mwangi, 21 was found in a house after a suicide
mission.
The
incident happened in Malori area and the victim had used a bed sheet to hang
himself in the house.
A suicide
note and mobile phone were found at the scene and kept as evidence.
The body
was moved to Mama Lucy Hospital morgue awaiting an autopsy.
Cases of
suicide have been on the rise in the country amid efforts 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.
