• The body hanged there with a belt around its neck, police said.
• Police were called to the scene and established it was that of Kipkemei.
A police officer who had been transferred to his rural home was found dead in a suspected suicide in Garbatula, Isiolo County.
The body of constable Walter Koros Kipkemei of Maladaka police post was found hanging on a truss of a veranda at Garbatula Girls School long after he had died on Friday evening.
The body hanged there with a belt around its neck, police said. Police were called to the scene and established it was that of Kipkemei.
The team revealed the slain officer had been transferred to Kapsoit police station in Kericho.
He was on his way to the Garbatula Police Station to pick his marching orders for the transfer when he died.
The motive of the incident was not immediately established.
Police concluded he died by suicide. The body was moved to Nyambene Level Four Hospital morgue pending autopsy.
This is the latest such suicide incident to happen in the service amid push for action to address the trend.
There has been a spike in such incidents in the service.
It came a day after another cop died by suicide in Migori.
The incident happened on Sunday June 2 morning. It happened in front of his family. Many say this is linked to their stress.
Dozens of police officers have died as a result of suicide or killed many in a trend that is attributed to stress at work.
As part of efforts to address the trend, police authorities have launched counselling services and the National Police Service Commission has established a unit and staffed it to attend to their demanding situation.
The counselling unit will, among other things, evaluate, design and lead an outreach programme that helps prevent mental health and substance abuse.
At least three suicide cases involving police officers are recorded every month.
Officials say police are generally on the receiving end of all community problems.
They are expected to maintain law and order in very difficult situations, besides putting their lives at risk.
Over the years, a spike in deaths in the service has been linked to trauma. They include deaths by gun.