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Alarm after 10 die by suicide in two months in Kilifi

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An 11-year-old from Kakoneni village in Malindi is among 10 people who have died by suicide in the last two months in Kilifi County.

A report from the Department of Sports, Gender, Culture and Disasters shows the boy was sent to fetch firewood by his mother but committed suicide inside their house.

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