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Police in Homa Bay are investigating an incident in which a University of Nairobi lecturer died by suicide at his home in Kachola Village, Kodera South Location, in Rachuonyo South Sub-County.
Police said the body of Dr Samwel Owino Mwanda was found dangling from a tree at his compound on Thursday, September 19.
Homa Bay County Police commander Hassan Barua said the university don had returned home from Nairobi and his body was discovered by his worker. He said Dr Owino had an evening meal together with his employee on Wednesday night and was to travel back to Nairobi on Friday.
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Barua said police found a ladder next to the tree and a note with the phone number of his wife. The motive of the incident is yet to be known.
The body was moved to the Rachuonyo South Sub-County mortuary for autopsy.
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