A 22-year-old university student was on Saturday found dead in a lodging in Machakos Town.
Confirming the incident, Machakos DCIO Henry Ndombi said the student checked in the lodging at 10pm on Friday night.
The officer said that the student had requested the lodging attendants to wake him up at 2am in the morning, as he was supposed to travel to Nairobi.
“One of the lodging attendants knocked on the door several times in a bid to wake the student up but there was no response. The manager decided to break down the door and found the body of the young man lying on the bed,” said Ndombi.
The officer said they found a bottle of juice and a substance that was later identified as poison next to the student's bed.
He said the lodging's management notified police officers of the incident who took the body to Machakos Level Five Hospital Mortuary.
"We suspect the young man took his life by drinking poison but the motive behind the suicide is yet to be established,” said Ndombi.