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Oduor, his nephew, told police that the deceased did not appear the following day until 9 am forcing him to climb upstairs to to check on him.
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This is after inquiring from the watchman who was at the gate if he had seen him.
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A senior National Intelligence Service (NIS) officer who allegedly died by suicide by shooting himself in the head was battling depression, it has emerged.
A report by police filed at Kilimani Police Station states that Tom Adala, 54, left a suicide note.
According to the report, Adala is said to have shot himself from the right side of the head using his glock pistol with the bullet exiting through the left side.
"The deceased is said to have been battling depression for some time," the police report reads.
According to the report, his death was reported by a nephew identified as Francis Oduor that he last saw him Monday as he retired to his room upstairs at their Kirichwa villas within Kilimani area.
Oduor told police that the deceased did not appear the following day until 9 am forcing him to climb upstairs to to check on him.
This is after inquiring from the watchman who was at the gate if he had seen him.
“He went round the compound only to find his lifeless body inside the servant quarters,” police said.
He then alerted other relatives who informed the police.
Police recovered one spent cartridge and a magazine loaded with three rounds at the scene and a suicide note written on a black notebook.
The contents of the note were, however, not provided by the police.
Those who mourned the late Adala described him as an astute officer who worked professionally.
Interior principal secretary Raymond Omollo termed his death a profound loss to the country.
“Such a gentle giant and a professional par excellence. I remember his time at the Permanent Mission of Kenya to the UN where he served with distinction...As a neighbor in Kisumu, my family was always blessed by his visits. Rest easy our brother,” former IEBC commissioner Roselyn Akombe wrote.