THE STANDARD By
Stephen Rutto |
January 3rd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
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Family of Ruto team officer who drowned in dam speaks
He arrived home for a family meeting on December 29 [Photo: Christopher Kipsang]
As the world ushered in a new year, Ngeria in Kapseret Constituency, Uasin Gishu County, was in mourning after losing one of their own. David Too, 51, a police officer attached to the office of Deputy President William Ruto, drowned in a dam in Songoliet Sub-location, in what police suspect was suicide.
Elkana Kirwa, a neighbour to the officer, said he was walking to a nearby quarry when he heard Too scream. “I was walking to work and I heard someone screaming. I rushed to the dam and I found him calling for help while swimming towards one of the walls. I asked someone living near the dam to rush to the scene with a rope. A young man arrived with the rope, and we threw it to him in an attempt to pull the officer out, but he drowned. We couldn’t help because none of us could dive,” he said.
THE STANDARD By
Stephen Rutto |
January 1st 2021 at 16:30:22 GMT +0300
Locals mill around the dam where a police officer attached to the Office of the Deputy President jumped into, January 1, 2021. [Stephen Ruto, Standard]
A police officer attached to the office of the Deputy President has committed suicide in Ngeria, Uasin Gishu County.
David Too jumped into a dam that had formed from a quarry, authorities confirmed.
His family also said he jumped into the waters at 9am on Friday from what could be a result of job-related stress.
His brother Aaron Sing oei said he had misplaced a camera belonging to the Deputy President Press Service three days ago.