Detectives are investigating an incident where a 62-year-old man is suspected to have murdered his wife and daughter before he died by suicide in Saika area, Nairobi.
The motive of the Saturday incident is yet to be known.
The body of Justus Wambua, 62 was found hanging in his house with a rope tied around his neck. He had hanged himself in the bathroom.
Police said the decomposing body of the daughter identified as Stacy Wambua, 25 was found in the house.
That of the wife identified as Tabitha Katheni Wambui was found lying on bed.
Police said they had been informed the man arrived home and found the two women dead before he decided to die by suicide.
But police said they are investigating the claims.
A suicide note was found in the house and is being analysed, police said.
The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
Such cases have been on the rise amid efforts to address them.
Police statistics show up to five cases are at times reported daily in the worrying trend.
Most of the victims are men, statistics show.
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.
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