The deceased left a suicide note, indicating he took his life because of cancer

It was not immediately established what type of cancer the deceased was suffering from and at what stage. [Courtesy]

A 65-year-old man has committed suicide after he was allegedly diagnosed with cancer.

Tabathia Mugambi hanged himself in his house on Thursday evening at Kwa Mwaura village in Laikipia East Sub-county just hours after being screened.

It was not immediately established what type of cancer the deceased was suffering from and at what stage.

Laikipia county police boss Maxwell Nyaema yesterday said the deceased left behind suicide note indicating that he did it on his own and that no one should be blamed for his demise.

"The note was found in his house, some 200 metres from Kalalu shopping centre. He wrote that his wife Teresia Kabariti Nyokabi should not be asked anything concerning his death because he did it himself," said Nyaema.

The incident was reported by the deceased's nephew Charles Maina who told police officers that he found his uncle hanging from his house's roof.

Nyaema said the officers proceeded to the scene and found the body hanging on a rope inside the house.

The officers processed the scene and removed the body to Nanyuki Referral hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.

The incident occurs a few days after a 40-year-old woman committed suicide in Naivasha after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

The deceased's relatives suspected that she committed suicide over trauma associated with the disease.

The incidents come at a time when the deadly disease is claiming lives on many Kenyans with the latest cancer victim being former Bomet governor Joyce Laboso and former Kibra MP Ken Okoth.

Various political leaders and other organisations have asked the government to declare cancer as a national disaster and give the monster deserved medical attention.