Warder turns gun on self as another ‘starves’ to death

The man, aged 31, was on duty in the
women’s section of the prison when he
ended his life at around 8pm.
The head of the women’s section,
Esther Lochoto, said the officer had
not shown any signs of stress when he
reported for work at 6.30pm.
Ms Lochoto said the deceased shot
himself inside the correction facility,
creating a panic in the prison
compound.
“Everyone was alarmed by the sound
of gunfire inside the prison. We went
to the investigate the source of the
noise and found him bleeding,” Ms
Lochoto said.
However, a prison warder at the
facility said the deceased had lingering
domestic issues and had even argued
with a relative on the phone that day.
“He had called a relative and was very
angry. I think that might have sparked
the suicide,” the officer claimed.
Officers from Itabua Police Station
took the body to the Embu Provincial
General Hospital mortuary.
And in Murang’a, a prison warden
facing interdiction following cases of
gross indiscipline was on Thursday
found dead in his room in what is
suspected to be self-starvation.
The officer was awaiting the
determination of disciplinary cases
that were pending at the Kenya
Prisons headquarters.
The Murang’a Officer in charge of
Prison, Henry Karani, said the
deceased had on Thursday been
treated at the prison dispensary and
discharged.
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