third year Moi University student commits suicide by Rat Poison

A third year electrical engineering student committed suicide on Saturday at home in Makueni County following a family dispute.

 

Chester Katuva Muendi, a student in Moi University, hanged himself on a tree after consuming rat poison.

 
The late Chester had left campus for the holidays last week after which he went to his brother’s home in Nairobi. Upon his mother’s request, he left for his rural home in Makueni County where he was expected to work on the family farm.

 

According to his close friend, Evans Lumumba, the deceased worked on thefarm for the better part of the day before the suicide. He was supposed to have left for attachment in Nairobi following day.

 

The incident occurred at around 7.30 pm. The police collected the body in the morning that is lying at the Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi.