A 65-year-old man died by suicide in a family dispute about how to share property in Machakos County.
Police said the body of Munyao Maluta was found hanging on the rooftop of his brother’s house with a rope around his neck after the incident on May 18.
He had left a note to explain how his property will be shared among his family members, police said.
The police however say they are investigating the incident at Nzoweni Kithima village.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known, police said.
In Kwale’s Lungalunga area, the body of Umazi Kombo was found hanging on the rooftop of his friend’s house in a suspected suicide.
Kombo, 50 had gone missing for a day before the body was discovered on a rope. Police said they are yet to establish the motive of the incident.
Cases of suicide have been on the rise amid calls to address the trend.
Police handled 499 cases in 2019, and 575 in 2020. At least 313 people are reported to have taken their lives between January and July 2021.
The majority of the victims were male, police reports say.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says such cases are attributed to joblessness, the breakup of relationships or a death, academic failures or pressures, legal difficulties, financial difficulties, bullying, previous suicide attempts, history of suicide in a family, alcoholism and substance misuse, depression, and bipolar disorder.
