In Summary
- Kalonzo’s guard was found dead at his house in Kalonzo’s compound after taking poison.
- He was later rushed to Mumoni Nursing Hospital in Tseikuru trading centre where he died while undergoing treatment.
Police in Kitui are investigating the death of guard officer assigned to guard the home of Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka at Tseikuru rural home.
The officer was found dead at his house in Kalonzo’s compound on Sunday morning.
Kitui county police commander Leah Kithei ,yesterday,said the police constable was believed to have died by suicide after taking poison.
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Speaking in her Kitui office,Kithei said that on Sunday, colleagues of the deceased heard him groaning in pain inside his house in Kalonzo’s compound and rushed to find out what was going on.
”They found him lying unconscious on his bed and rushed him to the nearby Mumoni Nursing Hospital in Tseikuru trading centre where he died while undergoing treatment.” Kithei said.
She said she could not give the identity of the officer because she was not sure whether his next of kin had been informed of his demise.
”All I can tell you is that we have commenced investigation into the death,”
”Let’s wait until the conclusion of the probe including the autopsy for the truth to come out.Sooner than later we will know what happened.”She concluded.
Residents in Tseikuru claimed that the policeman had harbored suicidal thoughts for a while.They said that in a previous incident, a colleague wrestled from him a container of poison he allegedly intended to take.
