Police are investigating an incident in which a 66-year-old died by suicide after allegedly jumping into a borehole in Molo, Nakuru County.
Police who visited the home of Peter Wanderi said they were informed he had threatened to die by jumping into the family borehole before he made his threats true on July 3.
His body was later retrieved from the 25 feet borehole that supplies water for the family.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
Such cases are linked to societal stress which has caused many murder and suicide incidents, police said.
Up to three cases of suicide are reported daily in the country at an alarming rate.
Cases of suicide have been on the rise this year and authorities blame the trend on mental distress.
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. There is a drive to address the menace.
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.
Globally, close to 800,000 people die of suicide every year with an estimated 78 percent of cases occurring in low- and middle-income countries.
