Detectives are investigating an incident where a University of Nairobi law student was found dead after suspected suicide mission in Kilimani area, Nairobi.
The body of Yatich Yano Ruto, 20 was found in his parents’ house where he was with the family on Saturday October 11, 2025.
He was a second-year law student at the UoN, police and the parents said adding the motive of the incident is yet to be known.
The deceased had on October 10, taken his dinner and went to his bedroom where he locked himself. He was not seen until his body was discovered the following day in the evening.
All along, the family thought he was busy studying. His brother got concerned and broke the door to the bedroom of the house on Kirichwa Road where his body was found hanging in a wardrobe with a laptop cable tied around his neck.
Police were called to the scene and moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy. Police said they are investigating the incident.
The incident was among six that were reported on Friday alone in a worrying trend. Most victims are men, police said.
The World Health Organisation says such cases are attributed to joblessness, death, academic failures or pressures, legal difficulties and financial difficulties.
Other reasons are bullying, previous suicide attempts, history of suicide in a family, alcoholism and substance misuse, depression and bipolar disorder.
The government says efforts are being made to address the menace.
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