Residents of Ndabibi, Naivasha are trying to come to terms with an incident where a father of five took his life as some of his children watched.

The casual laborer in his mid-40s died by suicide in the family’s house, after a fall-out with his parents and wife over his drinking habits.

The man had incidentally in the past threatened to take his life over the frequent fallout with the family members before keeping his promise this time round.

The incident came barely a week after a grade ten student in the same village took her life due to what neighbors described as oppression by family members.

In the latest incident, the man returned home drunk leading to an altercation with his wife according to a village elder Samson Ndaiga.