Editor's Review

A police constable attached to the Gigiri Police Station shot himself while on duty at the Amisom offices behind the US Embassy.

A police constable attached to the GIgiri Police Station killed himself on the Afternoon of Tuesday, June 8, 2021.

According to a police report, the deceased officer shot himself using a registered AK47 rifle.

The officer is said to have committed suicide at the Amisom offices behind the United States Embassy, which are located about 4 kilometers from Gigiri Police Station.

Officers attached to the case revealed that the deceased was assigned to the workstation along with a female colleague.

At 2:20 pm the colleague left for lunch, only to return a few minutes later and find the officer dead.

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Police have since launched investigations into the incident to establish what pushed the constable to take his own life.

Earlier this year, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i and the National Police Service (NPS) raised concerns over the rising cases of suicides and murder-suicides within the police force.

"Stagnation in rank, disciplinary actions arising from desertion and inadequate monitoring of junior officers leaving outside police lines are among causes of stress in officers identified," NPS said in a statement.