At least seven people were separately found dead after suspected suicide incidents reported to police on February 18.
Police termed the trend alarming amid efforts to address the same.
The first incident happened in Matuu, Yatta where one David Kavyu was found dead and hanging on a piece of cloth on his house rafters.
Police said they are yet to establish the motive of the incident and the body was moved to the Kitui Level Four Hospital Mortuary for a postmortem examination.
In Buuri, Meru County, one Ken Kirinya, 42 died by suicide by hanging himself on a roof rafter using an electric cable.
The motive of the incident was not immediately established.
In Nairobi’s Mkuru Kwa Reuben area, one Thomas Nzioka, 40 died by suicide in his house.
His body was found hanging from a roof rafter on a nylon rope that was tied around his neck on February 19 evening.
He was alone in the house at the time of the incident and the motive is yet to be known.
In Nyeri’s Gichira area, one Waititu Ndirangu, 73 died by suicde by hanging himself using a piece of that was tied around his neck from a roof truss inside his bedroom.
Police said no suicide note was recovered and the motive is yet to be known.
The body, showing no visible injuries was moved to Nyeri Referral Hospital mortuary where it awaits a postmortem examination.
In Marsabit town, one Guyo Dima Tari, 31 was found dead after a suicide mission.
His body was found hanging on a tree with a manila rope tied around his neck.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known and the body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures.
In Ndonya area, Kilifi County, a teenager aged 17 died by suicide by hanging herself on a roof truss.
The body was found hanging on a manila rope that was tied around her neck.
Locals said the girl was five months pregnant which had stressed her.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
In Mosoriot, Nandi County, one Enock Kiplimo, 31 died by suicide by hanging himself using a manila rope that was tied around his neck on a Cyprus tree.
Police officers visited the scene and established that the deceased attacked his girlfriend by stabbing her in the stomach before hanging himself.
The body was moved to the mortuary a post mortem examination.
Cases of suicide are on the rise in the country amid calls to address the trend.
The majority of the victims were male, police reports say.
Police say the trend has been worrying and increasing as up to two cases are reported daily.
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.
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