Police in Bondo in Siaya County are investigating an incident where an old woman from Got Ramogi Sub Location reportedly committed suicide after misplacing church money.
67-year-old Mary Aoko is said to drowned herself in Lake Victoria at Wath-Kopondo Beach on Thursday morning, after losing sight of the Sh50,000 she was keeping for the church.
The incident was confirmed by Central Yimbo Chief Gordon Opundo, who said that the woman appeared restless before making the move, and proceeded to sink herself in the lake.
He said that the husband of the woman was in the dark on her whereabouts as she had left him in the house, after which fishermen found her belongings by the lakeshore.
The administrator added that a search was mounted for her, before she was found stuck in a fishing net a few metres from the scene of incident.
“The incident was only discovered when some fishermen found her phone and clothes on the lakeshore before they raised alarm,” said the administrator.
He discouraged locals from taking such actions, advising them to instead opt for better ways of solving their problems, and added that a probe has been launched into the incident.
“There are alternative ways of solving problems and sharing the problems with people close to you for assistance can help avert such untimely deaths,” he advised.
The body of the deceased is being preserved at the Bondo Sub County Hospital morgue pending a pathological test.