Wife kills herself after argument with husband in Moi Ndabi area

A woman has committed suicide in Naivasha after falling out with the husband over unknown reasons in Moi Ndabi area.

The body of the mother of two was found hanging in her bedroom by the husband who informed members of the public before police moved in to collect the body.

This brought to three the number of people who have committed suicide around Naivasha in the last one week with experts pointing at depression for the cases.

Two men committed suicide in Karagita and Kinungi estate within the week with witnesses pointing to family disputes for the deaths.

In the latest case, the woman was involved in a heated argument with the husband who stormed out only to return two hours later to find her dead.

A neighbor Martin Kibe said that it was not clear what the couple had argued about adding that the man had refused to open up about the issue.

“We heard an argument and the man stormed out with the woman still screaming at him and two hours later we were shocked to be informed that she had committed suicide,” he said.

Meanwhile, the number of motorcycle operators killed along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway continued to rise after another one was crushed to death by a speeding bus in Naivasha.

This brought to nine the number of operators who have died in Naivasha since the year began with tens of others injured.

The accident came hours after the department of traffic and NTSA launched a crackdown on the highway targeting traffic offenders including motorcycle operators.

In the latest incident, the operator joined the highway near a petrol station in Kayole estate and was hit by the bus that was in high speed.

According to James Kabono from Naivasha Safety Group, the operator was squarely to blame after he joined the highway without checking.

He expressed his concern over the rising cases of accidents involving motorcycle operators noting that majority of those involved were below 25 years.

“We are losing at least one motorcycle operator every week to road accidents and its time that we engaged them afresh on road safety,” he said.

Kabono added that passengers in the bus that was heading to Western Kenya from Nairobi escaped unscathed but shaken.

Naivasha OCPD Samuel Waweru confirmed both incidents adding that the bodies had been collected and taken to area mortuary and inquest files opened.

Antony Gitonga