The week has been marred with cases of suicides, adding to the cases that have been reported in the third quarter of the year.
In one of the incidents, the body of a teacher was found dangling from a tank ladder, after he reportedly hung himself using a belt.
Police who identified the man as 32-year-old Douglas Mogaka, said there was no suicide note.
The body was removed to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
In Giachera Village, Nyeri County, a 39-year-old man identified as Solomon Warui was found dangling from a macadamia tree with a wire tied around his neck in his farm.
Preliminary investigations established that the deceased had been suffering from mental illness.
No suicide note was recovered.
The body was moved to the Nyeri referral hospital mortuary awaiting a postmortem.
Elsewhere in Nkubu Township, Meru County, a man died by suicide by hanging himself with a rope.
28-year-old Dominic Mutura was found dangling from the door frame with sisal rope tied around his neck inside his bedroom.
Nkubu Police Station officers visited the scene, and a well-elaborated suicide note was recovered; however, the contents were not shared.
The body was moved to Consolata Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.
In Ndunyu Ngaria village, Nandi County, a man died by allegedly tossing himself into a dam on Tuesday.
Police officers identified the man as 27-year-old Laban Kimutai.
According to police, witnesses recount him walking towards a fenced dam and tossing himself into it until he completely submerged.
Officers visited the scene, and the deceased body was retrieved with the help of local divers.
Police say no suicide note was recovered.
The body was moved to a Samaritan hospital mortuary in Kapsabet awaiting postmortem.
In Sirisia’s Malinda area, Bungoma County, one Martin Butali died by suicide.
He died by hanging on the roof truss of his two-room mud house using plastic manila rope tied to his neck with blood oozing from the mouth and the left ear.
No suicide note was left behind, and no motive for the suicide was established, police said.
The body was moved to Bungoma County Referral Mortuary awaiting the autopsy report.
Other crimes reported
Police in Kisumu launched an investigation into the murder of 25-year-old Richard Odhiambo, whose body was found lying in a pool of blood long after he had been hit in the head.
The victim worked at a local bakery, his colleagues and police said.
Police said he was attacked by three men as he walked home on Saturday and they are yet to know the motive of the same.
The body was moved to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital morgue pending autopsy.
On Wednesday, detectives arrested three suspects believed to be behind a string of violent robberies in Imenti North and Buuri West sub-counties.
The officers recovered an M16 rifle during the crack operation mounted by officers drawn from the DCI Headquarters Criminal Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB), Operation Support Unit (OSU) and Operation Action Team (OAT).
Directorate of Criminal Investigations boss Mohamed Amin said the officers were aided in the operation by their counterparts from Imenti Central and Buuri West sub-counties.
“Detectives tracked down the suspects out of their hideouts, and through meticulous interrogation, the suspects eventually led the officers to Kianjuri village, where they had buried the firearm in a concealed location,” Amin said.
Elsewhere, a police officer was arrested after he allegedly shot and killed a reveller in a bar in an altercation in Githurai, Nairobi.
The police officer was arrested on suspicion of murder after John Mutembei, 24, died from gunshot wounds early Sunday morning.
Police said Mutembei died while being treated at Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital after being shot.
The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear.
Police said preliminary findings had shown the two had an altercation that led to the shooting.
Mutembei was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to the injuries.
His body was transferred to the mortuary at the same facility awaiting an autopsy.