A police officer shot and killed his colleague following an altercation on Tuesday morning in Nakuru.
Police said the incident occurred early Tuesday at the Rift Valley Regional K-9 Police Unit headquarters in Nakuru City where the officers were on duty.
Nakuru County Police Commander Samuel Ndanyi said Jackson Konga, who is believed to have shot his senior Sergeant Christopher Kimeli, was disarmed and arrested.
“The two police officers were on duty at the Rift Valley Regional K-9 police unit headquarters when the junior officer ambushed his colleague and shot him from behind,” Ndanyi said.
The officer used a Ceska pistol to shoot his colleague and has since been disarmed and detained at NakuruCentral Police Station to assist in investigations into the incident, police said.
This is the latest such incident involving police officers.
His colleagues said the shooting happened out of a dispute over work distribution.
” Kimeli was Konga’s supervisor and they argued over the deployment of duties.”
Both were on duty but Kimeli had signed off and was ready to go and pick up his child from school.
“He ambushed him and shot him from the back and the bullet that killed him is still lodged in the chest.”
Suicide and murder cases are on the rise across the country, with some of the victims and offenders being police officers.
Cases of suicides and attacks by officers on their colleagues and family members have increased in the recent past, raising concerns about their mental health.
In August 2021, for example, a police officer in Nakuru County shot and killed his girlfriend, who had been hospitalized after he injured her.
The National Police Service has been forced to review policies and regulations on promotions, transfers, and discipline, which have been cited as major triggers of mental breakdown among officers.
They have also set up canceling centers to address the mental menace.
