A 36 years old woman in Embu County committed
suicide after she wrote a note implicating her mother of witchcraft that has
led to failure of her marriage.
Cathleen Muthoni Nyaga was on Friday
found dangling in her house at Kigaa village by her 10 year old daughter.
Embu East Administration Police
Commandant Charles Machinji said that the deceased has for a long time blamed
her mother of witchcraft that she has used to fail her marriage.
Machinji said the woman and her mother
had early on the day quarreled something that led Muthoni to take away her
life.
The AP boss said that after seeking
to know why the woman had decided to end her life police were informed that the
woman has been returning home after marriages fail thus blaming her mother for
it.
“After the quarrel the ten years old
daughter arrived home from school and pushed the door only to find her mother
dangling from the roof top and thus screamed, attracting the other family
members”. Said Machinji
He further noted that incidents of
suicide were on the rise in Runyenjes Sub County with victims ending their life
from minor issues that could be solved by counseling.
He appealed to religious leaders and
families within Runyenjes to device ways that will help save the situation
since the number of residents dying by committing suicide were alarming.
The body was taken to Embu level
five hospital mortuary with police commencing full investigation over the
death.
This comes barely a week after five men were sentenced to death after they
were found guilty of brutally killing an elderly woman over claims of
witchcraft.The five were accused of killing Ann Wanjiku five years ago at Kisumu Ndogo village in Kipipiri District in Central Province over allegations she was practicing witchcraft.
The court was told that Anthony Macharia, Simon Njuguna, John Karia, John Nganga and Peter Matheri, stormed the home of the deceased and beat her up before dragging her away while still alive.
By June this year world health organization unveiled the report which indicated that suicide kills more people than floods, earthquakes and all other forms of natural catastrophe, together with conflicts in places like Iraq and Somalia.
The report showed that globally, suicide is the second cause of death for young people aged 15 to 29 years. A random sampling of suicide cases in Africa revealed the deeply troubling fact that many victims are youth, still in their prime.
By Reuben Wanyama
No comments:
Post a Comment