A police officer from Kawa in Suna East, Migori County has committed suicide after killing his wife.
According to a police report, the 29-year-old cop killed his wife following a domestic row shortly before taking his own life.
A probe into the matter has commenced.
This comes a day after a police officer attached to the Kericho police station was rushed to Kericho County Referral Hospital after he was stabbed by his lover.
The officer is said to have been stabbed in the chest by his girlfriend after she caught him with another woman at a club in Kericho town.
According to reports, the officer lived with his girlfriend at the police residential quarters but had failed to return home for several days.
The officer's estranged girlfriend who is said to be pregnant with the officer's child, searched for him for days and eventually found him at the club where she stabbed him in the chest.
In December 2021, Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has said the government will commit more resources to mental health and counselling in the Police and Prisons departments to help officers deal with stress and other personal challenges.
He said police officers are susceptible to a stressful work environment that has been compounded by challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We have had challenges across the country not only in the National Police Service. There are mental issues, social pressure, and cases of homicides
"It’s not going to be a matter of the police or the provincial administration. It requires all of us. That is how we build a strong community," CS Matiang'i said.
