Police are investigating an incident where a private security guard with an international security firm died by suicide in his house in Kayole, Nairobi.
Police said Patrick Onguso, 42 used a pallet rope to hang himself in his house on Wednesday August 6.
The body was discovered by the deceased man’s daughter.
He had hanged himself on the window grill where the body was hanging in the bedroom.
The man had earlier on Tuesday told the daughter it would be the last time she would see him and he looked depressed.
Police said they searched his pocket and recovered a letter addressed to the human resource manager at G4S seeking permission for four days leave to attend a funeral of his cousin.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
Elsewhere in Timau, Meru County, a 27-year-old man died by suicide in his compound in a tragedy.
Police said the body of Boniface Kimathi was found hanging on a tree outside the home long after the incident on Wednesday.
The rope was tied around his neck. The family said the man had earlier attempted suicide and was only married for four months.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
In Mwala, Machakos County, a man torched his house before he died by suicide.
Police said the incident happened in Kithiamio village and saw one Raphael mutune, 45 set his house on fire before he hanged himself on a mango tree.
His family had left the home following a domestic dispute.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
Suicide cases have been on the rise amid efforts to address the menace.
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.
The government says efforts are being made to address the menace.
