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Villagers in Naivasha appeal for help to end youth suicides

According to Samuel Wambugu, a community leader, that was the fifth case of suicide in Kwa-White village, Naivasha, in a span of two months.PHOTO:COURTESY

Residents of Maraigushu trading centre in Naivasha are in shock after a 14-year-old girl committed suicide in her parents' house.

The teenager, who sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations last year and was waiting to join secondary school this year, was found hanging from the roof in one of the rooms in the family home.

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