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Another Officer Guarding DP William Ruto found dead

Another Police officer attached to DP William Ruto dies mysteriously.

Constable Samuel Ngatia allegedly committed suicide in similar fashion as Kipyegon Kenei.

Police Constable Samuel Ngatia, a member of Deputy President William Ruto’s security squad shot himself dead on Monday morning.

The motive is still unknown but authorities are already probing the matter. At the time of the occurrence, he was alone in the residence within the presidential escort unit camp.

Ngatia, 35, was a father to two children. According to a family acquaintance, he apparently divorced his wife two years ago.

He did not look stressed when we met last Friday and we are waiting for word from the police on the incident,” a close family member told the Star.

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The unfortunate incident is being investigated by a team of Thika and Juja investigators.

Officials who visited the scene stated he used his pistol. Preliminary results show the bullet entered on the right side and exited on the left side.

Police discovered a Jericho pistol loaded with 13 bullets and a Trevor Sub Machine Gun with two magazines loaded with 30 bullets.

Two empty cartridges and one bullet head were also discovered at his home. The body has since been moved to the morgue.