By ANITA CHEPKOECHMore by this AuthorAn online video of college students beating a colleague to a pulp has shocked Kenyans. A week ago, a 19-year-old polytechnic student allegedly filmed herself committing suicide after a misunderstanding with her boyfriend, forming part of worrying statistics of college students taking their own lives. The friends of the Meru National Polytechnic student quoted her emotionally narrate how her boyfriend was cheating on her. Mr Anthony Murimi, another youth in Meru, caused a stir when he climbed a 60-metre high mast and threatened to jump. Coupled with academic and social challenges, depression can set in, and suicide becomes an exit route,” Dr Kagwe said.

Source: Daily Nation March 15, 2019 22:52 UTC