The level at which people are committing suicide and killing their spouses is alarming.
A man in Mwea West, Kirinyaga County has committed suicide and left this note :”My wife,I am gone but don’t dare marry another man…you will face consequences if you do”
The 24-year-old Elias Chomba shocked his family and neighbours because he appeared to be in a happy mood and nobody thought he would commit such an act .
It has however been said that he injected an insecticide on himself that caused his death. The boda boda operator left a note warning neighboring men against playing around with his wife, he also said the wife should be given protection by the family and that the plot of land he was supposed to be given by his mother should be given to a man called Macharia who is to act as a guardian to his wife.
In yet another incident, A man in Kinangop has committed suicide after his wife who was admitted at Kinangop mission hospital for a month passed on. The body of David Kariuki, a 55 year old father of 6 was found floating in a 20 ft private dam at karomboithi village in Njambini, Kinangop. He sent his daughter to get some money in his coat pocket and later sent her 500 via Mpesa, but when the girl enquired of his whereabouts he told her he has gone to Nakuru only to be found dead hours later.