Recent cases of filicide-suicide across Kenya highlight a growing crisis linked to untreated mental health conditions and societal silence. Experts are urging a cultural shift towards empathy, awareness, and timely intervention to prevent further tragedies.

• Over 1,700 suicide deaths were recorded in Kenya in the last four years.
• Mental health practitioner Dessyline Michura from Kenyatta National Hospital identifies postpartum depression (PPD) and postpartum psychosis (PPP) as potential drivers.
• The High Court recently declared Section 266 of the Penal Code, which criminalized attempted suicide, unconstitutional.