President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned Senior Assistant Commissioner of Prisons and first woman Commandant of Prisons Staff Training College Ms. Wanini Kireri who passed away on Tuesday, May 31.
The Head of State mourned Kireri as a trailblazer who broke the glass ceiling for Kenyan women serving in the prisons service through sheer hardwork, determination and discipline.
In a message of condolence to the family, colleagues and friends of Ms Wanini, the President regretted that death had robbed Kenya of one of her brightest stars whose decades of outstanding public service had helped uplift the profile of Kenya Prisons Service.
Ms Wanini Kireri enlisted in the Kenya Prisons Service as a Cadet in 1982 and has over the years rose through the ranks to become Kenya's highest positioned prisons officer, earning several accolades and decorations along the way.
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According to a statement issued by Commissioner General of Prisons, Brig. (Rtd) John Warioba, Kariri passed away AAR hospital along Kiambu Road.
"It is with deep sorrow that the Kenya Prisons Service wishes to inform the general public of the unfortunate demise of the Commandant, Prisons Staff Training College-Ruiru, SACGP Wanini Kireri, EBS," Brig. Warioba stated.
