Police have launched investigations that would lead to the arrest and prosecution of a varsity student who penned a suicide note which has since gone viral on social media.
The student, who only identified himself as Jared, lamented at how no one has been checking on him, and that he had since become a liability to every other person.
“It is with deep sorrow that I have decided to do what I want to do. It has been a long tireless struggle with no help from people. Since I joined this institution, no one has seen the importance of helping me,” he wrote.
“I have now seen it important to commit suicide and leave you in peace. I know such a decision will be painful to people, but all in all, don’t worry because you never cared for me,” Jared painfully wrote in the letter.
In the emotive letter, Jared even directs members of his family on how to go about his burial.
“Don’t bury me in a coffin, just put me directly in the soil. If you never afforded to give me food, don’t also afford to buy a coffin,” he writes.
But in a quick rejoinder, police have taken much interest, with the view to bring the distressed University student to book.
Kakamega Sub-County Police Commander David Kabena, said they were seriously following up on the letter given that suicide is a criminal offence punishable by law.
“We are treating the matter seriously having forwarded the same to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations…” he said.