The resident of Simotwet village, Transmara East is said to have been the father of one child whose gender is yet to be revealed.

AIDS

Confirming the incident, Ololmasani sub-location Assistant Chief Richard Bett said that the unidentified man reportedly decided to end his own life after suspecting that he had contracted HIV/AIDS.

The incident shocked the area residents as well as his neighbors who said that he was still a young man.

Chuka University

In another suicide case, Chuka University was gripped by a somber mood when it emerged that one of their students had committed suicide. Kevin Mugendi Warui, a second-year student hanged himself from the roof using a rope.

The second-year student allegedly took his own life after a love affair went south.

Meru South OCPD Saiya Baraza said the Computer Science student left a six-page suicide note that pointed to a relationship gone sour.