In a tragic incident, a woman on Wednesday jumped from the 19th floor of View Park Towers in a suicide mission.
Police said they received a report that around 3:45 pm, Charity Muthoni Mutoi aged 45 years jumped from the floor, from where she left her shoes, jacket, and mobile phone.
She however fell on top of a tent erected on the ground floor where she succumbed to the injuries.
Police received the report from an employee of Hatari Security who works as a supervisor at View Park Towers off Uhuru Highway.
Upon visiting the scene, police established that the deceased had visited her male friend who does business on the ground floor.
As they were having tea, she excused herself but in a short while her friend received a message from her that she had decided to die by suicide, police said.
Police documented the scene, and the body which was into pieces moved to the city mortuary while the motive is yet to be established.
In another suicide case, a Grade 5 pupil Titus Wangila, aged 12, died by suicide by hanging himself using a shoelace in Bungoma.
Police officers visited the scene and confirmed the same. No suicide note was recovered, police said.
The body was moved to Bungoma County Referral Hospital mortuary for preservation awaiting autopsy.
Police say the trend of suicide has been worrying and increasing as up to two cases are reported daily.
The World Health Organisation estimates that 703,000 people die by suicide each year, making it the fourth leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 29.
WHO 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.
The country has recorded 1,576 suicide deaths over the past four years, according to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and the National Police Service (NPS).
Many suicide attempts in Kenya go unreported because the act is criminalised, implying that the true scale of the crisis may be even larger.
