23% of the total deaths that occur in Nyamira county are as a result of suicide cases within families. This has been said by Nyamira county Commissioner Amos Mariba who said the cases are from either frustrations among other issues. The administrator further noted that there is fear that the cases may rise from the current percentage if a serious step is not going to be taken to curb the rising cases of suicide in the county saying many families are suffering as a result of losing their beloved once to suicide. We have fear that if we are not going to have measures undertaken to do away with the suicide cases,then we must be prepared to lose many lives,that is why we have to guide our people against going for suicide since it may not solve some of their problems in this live," he said. He cited the production and consumption of illicit brew as one of the many contributors to the suicide missions since once an individual is drunk and has some issues with his family or he is facing challenges it is the time the individual will make uninformed decision and go for suicide,where he discouraged the production and consumption of illicit brew.

Source: The Star February 01, 2019 20:37 UTC