In the suicide note, she blamed her action on pressure from a loaning company after allegedly taking a loan and hard economic times among other issues. Machakos county police commander Patrick Lobolia reiterated increased rates of suicide cases in the county. Athi River assistant chief Martin Ngomo said at least one person dies by suicide in his area of jurisdiction each month. The administrator said there were NGO’s that support the vulnerable populace in the Athi River subcounty. So, they end up dying by suicide,” Mulu said.