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The body of Vera Okoth was found in her bathroom at the family home in Umiru village on Tuesday.
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The deceased had graduated with a bachelor's degree in science in 2019 from Masinde Muliro University.
Detectives are investigating an incident in which a 27-year-old woman died by suicide after failing to find a job in a village in Siaya.
The body of Vera Okoth was found in her bathroom at the family home in Umiru village on Tuesday.
Police said the body was discovered by her mother.
Siaya county police commander Cleti Kimaiyo said the mother told police she had gone to wake up her daughter but found her missing in her room.
She then proceeded to the bathroom, which is adjacent to her room only to find her body hanging with a rope around her neck.
Police said preliminary findings show before the deceased went to sleep, she had asked her mother if she would ever get a job as she had applied for over 500 jobs without success.
The deceased had graduated with a bachelor's degree in science in 2019 from Masinde Muliro University.
Kimaiyo said the motive of the incident is yet to be known as the deceased did not leave behind any suicide note.
He said she left all her certificates on her bed.
“We are investigating the incident. We are yet to establish the motive for now,” he said.
Elsewhere, three other suicide incidents were reported separately.
The first incident was reported in Bura East, Garissa, police said.
The body of Charles Mwendwa Kayathyu, 30, was found hanging on a tree in Hanti Farm with a manila rope around his neck.
In Molo, a man aged 18 was found dead after a suspected suicide.
The body of Peter Waithaka Wangui was found on a tree in Landhie with a manila rope tied around his neck.
Police said they had established that the deceased had attempted to consume a pesticide in an attempt to end his life but was prevented by his brother.
It was then he went to hang himself. The motive was not established.
In Kakuma, Turkana, a South Sudanese national aged 17 died by suicide by hanging herself in their house.
The girl had hanged herself with a rope that was found around the neck inside their house.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known. The bodies of the victims were taken to mortuaries pending autopsy.