NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 7- A General Service Unit officer attached to Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiangi’s office on Tuesday night shot his wife 8 times, before turning the gun on himself.
They both died instantly.
His wife was a traffic police officer based at Kilimani Police Division.
The Tuesday night incident resulted after a bitter exchange with his wife, who had accused him of infidelity, according to an incident report seen by Shahidi News.
Wakise, who had been off duty since April 1, reported back to work on April 6 but left at 3 pm and went home outside the GSU camp in Ruaraka where the incident happened.
The couple had recently separated but were living within the same radius in Ruaraka area, Nairobi.
Their two children escaped unhurt with the help of the house help and the deceased traffic officer’s brother.
They have been together since 2012 when they graduated from GSU training school.
But what transpired?
About 9pm, the slain wife who has been identified as Pauline Wakasa arrived home after a long day at work.
She had just been served with dinner when his husband Hudson Wakisa arrived.
“They briefly had a smooth chat but shortly after, they started exchanging bitter words. His was wife was accusing him of infidelity,” a senior detective privy with the details of the incident said.
It’s at this point Wakisa briefly stepped out of his wife’s house and when he returned, he shot her 8 times on the chest.
He later turned the gun on himself. The two bodies were found in the sitting room.
The wife was still in her persian blue police uniform.
Police also recovered the killer weapon, a Jericho pistol and nine spent cartridges.
In a statement on Wednesday morning, Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai said investigations into the incident had been launched.
“I am deeply pained by the tragic incident involving PC Hudson Wakise and his wife PC Pauline Wakasa both young and vibrant Police officers with brilliant futures tragically ended in their shocking demise,” CS Matiangi said in a Tweet.
He added that the incident was, “a rude awakening to psychosocial challenges amongst some of our young officers that we have no choice but to now pay greater attention to. My sincere condolences to their families and friends.”
Such incidents have been happening within the National Police Service and despite efforts to address the root cause, they have persisted.
A taskforce formed in 2016 made a myriad of recommendations and whether their implemented is still unknown since their report was never made public.
Poor working conditions and psychological issues are among issues identified as contributing factors.
Three months ago, a similar incident occurred in Kamukunji, after a police officer shot dead his colleague before turning the gun on himself.
Lawrence Ewoi, a Quick Response Unit officer attached to Kamukunji Police Station, shot Mourine Achieng.
Ewoi had a confrontation with his colleagues before he started shooting indiscriminately.
He fled the scene but was later cornered and he was about to be arrested, police said, he turned the gun on himself.
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