Nyeri County Commissioner Ronald Mwiwawi has called for concerted efforts from all residents to help stem increasing suicide cases in the area.

Mwiwawi has warned that unless something is urgently done to address the root cause of suicide in the county, the problem might turn into a social catastrophe.

He has also noted that the majority of those committing suicide happen to be men who form the most critical cog in the stability of any society. "For the three months I have been here, suicide cases have been very many.

Suicide has become a thorny issue.