Reportedly, the deceased David Seguton, who is physically challenged, decided to take his own life after attempts to convince the ‘fraudster’, from the same village, to return his money became futile.
“He used to send this woman to buy her local brew from the neighborhood because his own wife was not a partaker of alcohol” a neighbor David Komen said.
The woman, according to sources used to fraud the old man of the cash for the disabled people since he was put in the government scheme two years ago.
His wife, who seem mentally amiss was also overwhelmed with grieve and so could not speak to the media.
Komen said on the material day, the old man was in a relaxed mood when he was spotted taking breakfast as he does normally outside his house around 8.30 am.
Afterwards, he locked all the houses and handed the key to his wife before taking an animal-tethering rope and headed down to the farm.
“An hour later, while harvesting some beans in the farm his wife screamed upon setting eyes on the lifeless body of his husband hanging on a tree near their house” Komen said.
He said police were informed and arrived with their vehicle to ferry the body to Baringo Referral Hospital mortuary in Kabarnet town.
However, Bartolimo Location Chief Isaac Chemjor confirmed the incident saying police were still conducting investigation to ascertain the course of the sudden death.
“I will be able to get back to you once we find out the clear report from the ground” he said.
Elsewhere in Baringo Central Sub-county shock engulfs residents of Salawa village after a 79-year old man commits suicide by hanging himself under unclear circumstance.
The lifeless body of Chemjor Chebon was retrieved dangling on a noose inside his house around 8am in the morning.
“The old man was humble and he did not have any quarrel with anybody, to suspect it might have resulted in a dispute” A resident Philip Kurui said.
Police helped to transport the body to Baringo County Referral Hospital in Kabarnet town awaiting postmortem and burial today (Tuesday.
Baringo Central OCPD Philiph Wambugu confirmed the incident saying the deceased did not leave behind a suicide note.
“So we could not establish immediately what may have transpired before the old man decided to take his own life” Wambugu said.
He further urged the residents of Baringo to be sharing their plights with other people to avoid recurrence of such fatalities.
-Joseph Kangogo