A man on Tuesday doused himself with petrol and lit himself on fire outside the public entrance to the Supreme Court building in Nairobi.
The middle-aged man, identified as James Kipira, walked to the gate facing the City Hall roundabout Tuesday morning.
He allegedly addressed the guards manning it before doing the unthinkable.
Those who witnessed the bizarre incident claimed that he had with him a bottle containing some substance, which turned out to be petrol.