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Sh1500 child upkeep demand drives 47-year-old man to suicide

The casual worker identified as Chege was ordered to be paying the money to his estranged second wife. [Courtesy]

A 47-year-old casual worker man who was embroiled in a row with his estranged second wife over a Sh1,500 children upkeep bill has committed suicide in Naivasha.

The father of six is said to have committed suicide by jumping into drum full of water in his house after the Children's department ordered that he be paying Sh1,500 monthly upkeep.

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