Police in Nakuru are investigating an incident in which a woman who was in a government quarantine centre committed suicide on Thursday night.
According to information in a local daily, the woman had been quarantined at the Kenya Industrial Training Institute (KITI) had complained over the deplorable conditions at the institute and asked that she be taken to a hotel because she could afford it.
“Yesterday, she complained that the conditions are deplorable and had requested to be taken to a hotel for quarantine as she could afford but the health officials were hesitant”, a source told K24.
According to the daily, the woman in her 20s was found hanging above the double-decker bed in the room. She killed herself using a rope.
However, the Kenyan government has denied that the woman who committed suicide at the Kenya Industrial Training Centre in Nakuru was not related to Covid-19.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Friday said the South African woman died under circumstances not related to the disease.
“This is a police case and a matter under investigation. We have so far informed authorities in South Africa through our foreign affairs ministry,” he said.
