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A matatu driver was found dead in a public service vehicle he had also boarded in Eastleigh, Nairobi.<\/span><\/p>\n

The driver was identified as Ken Ondieko. Fellow drivers said he has been operating as a driver on Stage 8B Eastleigh.<\/p>\n

He had boarded a matatu on the front seat while headed for Jericho on Tuesday evening when he was found unresponsive.<\/p>\n

His body was found leaning down while seated at the vehicles front seat, police said.<\/p>\n

The other drivers drove the vehicle to Shauri Moyo police station and reported the matter. Police moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, police are investigating the murder of a man whose body was found in a seasonal river in Kathiani area, Machakos County.<\/p>\n

Locals reported to police they found the body at Kenyonyeni seasonal river within Kwantheeu village on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Police officers visited the scene, where they found the lifeless body of an unknown middle-aged male adult lying on the river facing downwards in the seasonal river.<\/p>\n

The deceased’s clothes were wet and the body had no visible injuries, police said.<\/p>\n

The body was moved to Kathiani hospital mortuary awaiting identification and postmortem examination.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in Umoja three area that one peter Maina Ngima and who works at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital as a patient attendant was found dead at his house in a suspected suicide.<\/p>\n

He had not reported on duty on Monday February 19 and that he could not be traced through his mobile phone.<\/p>\n

His relatives had been informed and found his body dangling at the frame of a bathroom with an electric cable tied around his neck.<\/p>\n

No suicide note was found.<\/p>\n

In Kasinga sub-location, one Julius Ndolo Mbuthe aged 66 years died by suicide by hanging himself in the bedroom of his house using a sisal rope.<\/p>\n

A suicide note was also recovered in which he stated that he took his life due to the problems he was undergoing.<\/p>\n

The body was moved to the mortuary.<\/p>\n

Cases of suicide have been on the rise in separate parts of the country amid calls to address the trend.<\/p>\n

The government and other agencies are making efforts to address the issue.<\/p>\n

Most victims are men, the trend shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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