A fourth-year student at Kenyatta University was found dead in his house in Kahawa Wendani area after an illness.
The body of Bradley Webale was
found lying motionless in his house at Kizito area of Mwihoko, Nairobi, after a
short illness.
Police officers visited the
scene and found the body of the deceased lying on the floor with no visible
injuries.
He had earlier complained of
stomach pain and sought medical help in the area on May 19.
The body was moved to Kenyatta
University Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary, awaiting autopsy.
Police said they are
investigating the incident.
Elsewhere in Homabay’s Got
Rabuor area, one Gibson Otieno Nguka, 67, was found dead in his house.
The body was found on the seat
facing upwards, police said.
The body was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy.
Meanwhile,
a man who had separated from his wife for a year came back to her house and
died by suicide there in Kawangware, Nairobi.
The
body of Samuel Oluoch, 35, was found hanging on a roof in the house of his wife
on Tuesday, May 20.
The man had been away since last year.
He came back to the house on Tuesday morning
and hanged himself there using a bedsheet.
The
wife told police the deceased had been away over domestic differences.
The
body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
The
motive of the incident was not known because no suicide note was found.
Elsewhere
in Kayole, Nairobi, a 27-year-old man died by suicide in his house.
This
is after he swallowed poison.
The deceased was found on his
bed writhing in pain, complaining of stomach pain and told them that he had
consumed poison.
Neighbours rushed him to the hospital, where he succumbed while undergoing treatment.
Police said they are
investigating the incident. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy
and investigations.
Cases of suicide have been on
the rise amid calls to address the menace. Up to two cases are reported daily,
police say.
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.
