A police officer attached to Chaani Police Station in Mombasa has taken his life by hanging leaving behind a letter to his boss and family.
According to a suicide note seen by Nairobi Leo, officer Constable identified as Rophus Mwandowe thanked his boss and told him to treat his death as a normal one since he never wanted to live anymore.
“Kwanza kabisa natoa shukrani zangu kwa ule mda tumefanya kazi pamoja. Yangu nikuwaambia mimi naona muda wangu wa kuuishi duniani umefika mwisho, sina any other reason, just take it as natural death and take me home sir,” he stated in the note.
The officer on the same note directed his colleagues to organize a fundraiser in which the money collected should be handed over to one of his colleagues.
“Pili naomba kama mtaform a WhatsApp group ya mchango please out of that contribution, please submit Ksh24000 to Sgt Maina,” the note added.
He further listed two women who lend him Ksh17,000 and Ksh50,000 and urged his colleagues to help in offsetting the bill if possible.
"Please treat this as a special case juu my family hawajui hiyo madeni. Those two women call them to your office," the note added with the two women named, their phone numbers and the respective amount he owed them indicated.
The officer further had specific directions to his brother on what he should do following his death.
"To my brother Mwamrizi, hiyo phone kubwa chukua. Hiyo ndogo upee mama yangu. Lines nimezitupa sitaki watu wasumbuke kuzipiga an hata hazina pesa zinadaiwa," the note read.
To his children, the officer wrote: " Nawapenda Sana japo singeweza kuwaaga, siku moja tutakutana. Msome kwa bidii an mungu awasaidie".
The incident comes at a time when the police service is facing heaps of mental issues among officers.
On Tuesday, December 7, an officer based in Kabete Police Station and identified as Benson Imbatu went on a shooting spree killing six people, including his alleged wife, before turning the trigger on himself.
The act prompted President Uhuru Kenyatta to ask the officers across the county to learn to share their challenges in order to avert the crisis.
