Two teenage brothers in the Kapsilibwa Village Choronk area in Sagamian Location in Narok South Sub-County are reported to have died by suicide.
The two brothers, aged 17 and 19 years, are said to have hanged themselves on a tree along the Amalo River.
“The reason for agreeing to commit suicide was that their father had two wives and that the elder one who had been divorced many years ago returned home and the father decided to give her a piece of land,” a police report said.
The report said the two deceased brothers disputed the decision and even threatened to kill the whole stepfamily and their father.
Police indicted that the two had previous criminal records where they even stole in two churches in the area among other things.
DCI Crime Scene specialists and police officers visited and processed the scene.
Bodies were moved to Longisa County Referral Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem.
Police say cases of suicide have been on the rise amid calls for action to address the same.
Latest data indicates there were 174 cases of suicide reported in 2020 as compared to 196 in 2019, 302 in 2018, 421 in 2017 and 302 in 2016. The majority of the victims were male, police reports say.
Police say the trend has been worrying and increasing as up to two cases are reported daily.
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.
WHO rates suicide as a serious global public health issue that is among the top 20 leading causes of death worldwide.
Kenya ranks position 114 among the 175 countries with the highest suicide rates.
