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The deceased was identified as Keith Mandela Makori, 30.
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He had earlier called his girlfriend and registered suicidal ideation
Police have raised alarm over a worrying trend of suicides in the country.
This comes even as the police are investigating at least seven cases of suicide reported over the weekend.
Detectives said the incidents happened separately between Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21 adding the trend was shocking and on the rise.
In the latest incident, a tenant jumped from the eighth floor of his house and died on landing on the ground floor in a suspected suicide mission in Kikuyu, Kiambu County.
The deceased was identified as Keith Mandela Makori, 30.
He had earlier called his girlfriend and registered suicidal ideation, whereby the girlfriend reported the concerns to one of the victim's friends.
The friend happened to have hosted the deceased and on receiving the call he rushed back to the house where he found him sprawled on the ground with injuries on the head, both legs broken and he was bleeding from the mouth and nose.
He immediately called an ambulance but unfortunately, the victim was declared dead on arrival at the Karen Hospital.
The body was preserved at the same facility awaiting postmortem.
Police said another incident was reported in Kahawa West, Nairobi where the body of Samuel Njuguna, 53 was found in his locked single-roomed house in Kongo-Soweto Sub-location.
Police visited the scene and confirmed the incident after accessing the room through a neighbour's house.
He was last seen on July 19 getting into the house.
The body had ligatures around the neck, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary.
In Mombasa’s Makupa area, one Samuel Matatwa Koli, 24 died by suspected suicide in their house.
His body was found hanging on a nylon rope on the rooftop of the house.
His brother came home on Sunday only to find him dead and hanging on the rope.
Police said a suicide note explaining the cause as a domestic issue with his wife together with the rope were kept as exhibits.
The body was removed to the Coast General Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem examination.
In Makongeni, Nairobi, 39-year-old John Mwangi Kareri died by suspected suicide by hanging himself on the rooftop of their residential iron sheet house.
Police said the deceased used an aerial cable in the mission. The motive of the incident was not immediately known and the body was moved to the mortuary.
In Ruiru, Kiambu County, the body of a 42-year-old man was found in his house after a suspected suicide incident.
The incident happened in Ruiru-Muchana estate and involved one Shadrack Ndungu Wanjiru.
The deceased’s relatives said they went to check on him and found the door locked from inside and after knocking several times, there was no response.
Police were called and broke into the house where they found the body hanging on a roof with a mosquito net material tied around his neck.
A piece of paper with a handwritten suicide note was found on the table beside the bed.
The note was kept for analysis and the body was moved to Kigumo Mortuary awaiting postmortem examination.
In Awendo’s Kadera Kwoyo Sub-location in North Sakwa location, the body of John Obonga, 64 was found hanging on a tree with a sisal rope around his neck.
The body was moved to Rosewood Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem examination adding there was no suicide note that was recovered or injuries noted on the body.
And in Kandara, Muranga County, the body of David Kuria Njuguna, 81 was found hanging under the roof of their goat's cage.
Police said they moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
Cases of suicide are on the rise in the country amid calls to address the trend.
There were 174 cases of suicide reported in 2020 as compared to 196 in 2019, 302 in 2018, 421 in 2017 and 302 in 2016. The majority of the victims were male, police reports say.
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 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.