An 11-year-old girl has committed suicide by hanging herself in Kianjau village in Thika sub-county.
The deceased, a school drop-out from Jamhuri primary school in Thika, committed suicide on Friday night.
According to Thika OCPD Erastus Muthamia, the girl died as she stayed with her grandmother.
Muthamia said the girl died as her grandmother was out working in the garden.
"The girl, according to information we got from her grandmother, left school earlier last year at class six," Muthamia said on Saturday.
"She has been living with her grandmother until she met her death. We are still investigating what could have forced her to commit suicide."
The body of the deceased was taken to Thika's Bishop Gakoe funeral home.