First-Year University Student Kills Herself In Kericho

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• Shock and grief enveloped the Site and Service estate in Kericho town as a first-year university student, Faith Charity Makhulu, aged 19, was found deceased by suicide.
• Makhulu’s tragic death, attributed to hanging herself with a manila rope, prompted speculation about motives, with reports suggesting a breakup with her boyfriend as a possible catalyst.

Shock and sorrow gripped the Site and Service estate, situated on the outskirts of Kericho town, as news spread of the tragic demise of a first-year university student. 

Faith Charity Makhulu, aged 19, was found deceased by suicide under perplexing circumstances.

According to police reports, Makhulu took her own life by hanging herself with a manila rope suspended from the corridor rooftop of her residential house. 

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The motives behind her actions remain elusive, as no suicide note was discovered at the scene.

Allegedly, the student, who was nine months pregnant, ended her life following a breakup with her boyfriend, as divulged by an anonymous provincial administration officer.

Makhulu’s mother made the grim discovery of her daughter’s lifeless body dangling from the rooftop, presumably occurring during the night while the household slept.

Upon raising the alarm, neighbors and passersby rushed to the scene in an attempt to save her, but it was too late. 

Kericho Police Station received the report, prompting officers to swiftly respond, retrieve the body, and transport it to Kericho Referral Hospital mortuary.

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An investigation has been initiated to uncover the underlying reasons behind this tragic incident.