Prison warder dies by suicide in Kitale

The body of a prison warder, stationed at the Kitale GK Medium Prison, was on Tuesday night found dangling from a tree in a suspected case of suicide.

Corporal Wilfred Bera Kusinga was discovered by his colleagues inside the compound of the Kitale GK Medium Prison Primary School, which is just 70 metres away from his state-issued home.

"Policemen who are neighbours confirm that they had seen the officer at around 2000 hours but the actual time of suicide is not known," a police report on the incident seen by Citizen Digital reads in part.

When police arrived at Kusinga's home, they reportedly found a suicide note.

"The note had some names with sums of money indicated against them. The reason for committing the suicide could be associated with debts owed," reads the police report.

Investigations into the officer's death have since been launched while his body has been moved to Kitale Referral Hospital mortuary for storage pending post-mortem.