The body of Pius Okumu, aged 45, who was a secondary school teacher has been discovered after he committed suicide by hanging himself in his shop. He had been running a salon, Mpesa and a barber outlet at the rented premises for the last two years. The deceased, Mr Okumu, was a teacher at St Martha’s Mwitoti Secondary school.
Dennis Munyanya, his neighbour, who spent time with the deceased on Saturday evening up to 8.00pm, said he never showed any signs of being disturbed by anything. He narrates; ”After school, he joined us at the shop when we parted ways and agreed to meet the following day. I was shocked when I received news of his death in the morning.”
Munyanya said he never revealed that he was disturbed, adding that he was a quiet person who never shared his problems with anybody; ”Mr. Okumu is very secretive and maintained his conservative life until his death. I wish he shared his problems with us, we would have been willing to help him.”
Another neighbor claims that the deceased family has a history of committing suicide.