A 65 years old grandmother has commited suicide by jumping into Kirandich dam in Baringo central.
The grandmother from Riwo village is said to have commited suicide after failing to get help for his ailing husband who fell sick after falling while trying to sit down on the bed.
The incident which occured Monday evening was reported by a fisherman in Kirandich dam who said the grandmother came to meet her and told him to report to his family members that she had no reason to be alive if the only people she had to depend on were not being helpful.
The grandmother made her threat well and jumped into the dam and died immediately, the search and rescue mission was launched and her lifeless body was found an hour later. Her body was taken to Kabarnet mortuary.
The Kirandich dam has claimed many lives over the past year including a man who was to wed who died after his car plunged into the dam turning the wedding feast into a funeral. The bridegroom had visited the dam as he waited for his inlaws to be ready for the big day only to turn tragic.
Kirandich dam which supply water to Kabarnet town and its environs is somewhat a tourist destination. Locals have now called on goverment to fence it to avert more loses of lives.