23-year-old dies after allegedly falling from Roysambu apartment

 

Police are investigating an incident where a 23-year-old woman allegedly died by jumping off the third floor of a residential apartment in Roysambu.

Neighbours said Veron Njambi walked out on her apartment balcony while staggering and jumped off.

She landed on her head and died. Neighbours rushed her to the nearby hospital where she was confirmed dead on arrival.

The body was moved to the City Mortuary awaiting autopsy.

The motive of the incident is yet to be known, police said.

In Ebukhamwa village, Kakamega County, a 27-year-old man died by suicide in another incident.

The body of Geoffrey Buliba was found hanging on a tree outside their compound.

The motive of the incident is yet to be known, police said.

The body was moved to Butere Funeral Home for preservation awaiting autopsy.

In Nyeri’s Gatarakwa location, a 31-year-old man died by suicide at his rental house.

Police visited the scene and established that Peter Chege who was working as a casual labourer at a land-selling company hanged himself using a nylon rope from the rooftop of his rental house.

Witnesses said his knees were bending on the floor.

There was a suicidal note on the table addressed to his mother with two phone passwords of Mpesa Pin and sim Pin, police said.

Details of the note were not made public.

The body was moved to Mary Immaculate Mweiga morgue awaiting autopsy.

BY  CYRUS OMBATI