This is how expensive it is to access mental healthcare in Kenya

A section of mentally ill patients under rehabilitation at Mathari Mental Hospital in Nairobi. (PHOTO DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD)

NAIROBI, KENYA: Exactly two days after the world Mental Health Day on 10th October, a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nairobi jumped to his death from the 17th floor of Delta house building in Nairobi’s Westlands. Stephen Mumbo was an Assistant Manager of Executory and Forensic Investigations at the international audit firm.

A few days after Mumbo’s tragic death, Nandi County Assembly was thrown into mourning after Stellah Jepkoech, 25, a finance officer of the county assembly committed suicide. Her body was discovered in a hotel in Eldoret town after she was reported missing for two days.