This archive report was first published on 3 November 2019.
On Thursday, a 21-year-old woman in Ndumberi, Kiambu County, tragically ended her life after her boyfriend reportedly ended their two-year relationship.
According to witnesses, the woman's lifeless body was found dangling from the rooftop of her rented house after curious neighbors inquired about her whereabouts when she failed to wake up early as usual.
Speaking to the press at the crime scene, a next-door neighbor, Damaris Muoki, recounted the events leading up to the discovery of the body: 'It was around 11 am when a friend of ours came and knocked on Wanja's door several times, getting no response. She then came to my house to ask if Wanja was in or if she had left, but I informed her I hadn't seen her since the previous night.'
Neighbours responded to the distress call, rushed to the scene, and broke down the door to the house where the woman lived alone. They found a note stating, 'I loved him until I died.' When asked who the deceased was referring to, Damaris confidently said it was her on-and-off boyfriend of two years with whom they had recently broken up.
The area chief, Christopher Gathuma, expressed his sadness over the incident, stating that it was unfortunate that young people nowadays opt to commit suicide rather than talk out their problems and seek help.
The deceased's body was removed to Kiambu Level 5 hospital for a postmortem, and police have launched investigations into the incident.
Incidentally, as the woman took her own life, members of the public were marching along the streets of Kiambu to mark Mental Health Awareness Day, an event that had been scheduled for 10th October but was postponed to yesterday due to a public holiday.
