Doctors now want suicide decriminalised

Prof Lukoye Atwoli (left) and Dr Frank Njenga during the Kenya Psychiatric Association annual meeting. The medics are now calling for the repeal of Section 226 of the Penal Code that criminalises suicide. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The Kenya Psychiatric Association is now calling for the repeal of Section 226 of the Penal Code that criminalizes suicide.

According to the association, the victims of suicidal thoughts require compassion and not jail terms as has been the case in the country.