Residents of Ndonye area, Ngokoro in Marani, Kisii County are mourning the death of a security guard who hanged himself using a mosquito net in protest of his wife's infidelity.
The incident happened on Monday night.
Locals claimed that the deceased Daniel Gichana returned from Nairobi where he works as a security guard only to find his wife Naomi Nyabonyi missing on Monday night.
"Gichana has been complaining about his wife's infidelity. He laid a trap on her and returned home on Monday night without her knowledge only to find her missing from the house," said a neighbour William Ombese.
Mr. Ombese said Gichana waited for his wife from 9 pm until 3 am in vain.
A local chief Benjamin Osore said Gichana threatened to take his life when neighbours tried to comfort him.
"The deceased took his life when neighbours left him to sleep alone in the house. His body was discovered on the wee hours of Tuesday morning hanging from the roof of his house by his mother, Mary Bonareri," he said.
He said Nyabonyi has since gone into hiding.
Osore noted that Gichana's body was taken to Kisii Teaching and referral hospital morgue.