Peter Ochieng's Argument Against Euthanasia

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A mother of two committed suicide by hanging herself on Monday in the Karagita estate in Naivasha town.

Residents fumbled on the body hanging in her one roomed house after the two minors were heard crying for along period.

A local Peter Ochieng' said the middle aged woman used a bed sheet to commit the crime while a suicide note was found in her table.

Ochieng' said in the note that the deceased could not bear the suffering anymore since she had no formal job and was a single woman.

" I do not want to sit and watch my two kids go through the pain of lacking essential goods as i have no job and no one to turn to", read the letter in part.

The Gilgil OCPD Serah Koki confirmed the incident saying that the body had also been picked and taken

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