Gitiba Mwita, Senior Assistant Inspector General of police has been reported dead.
Gitiba was found dead at his rental apartment in Matuu, Machakos County on Friday morning.
He was discovered dead by his colleagues who got suspicious after he failed to show up at work in the wee hours of Friday morning.
Officers who rushed at his home found him lying unconscious on the floor.
The police report reveals that Mwita, who was also the Commandant Border Police Patrol Unit, collapsed at his home at around midnight.
He was pronounced dead after being rushed to Matuu Level 4 Hospital.
“The body was moved to Umash Funeral Home pending autopsy,” the police report further stated
SAD NEWS
Ezekiel Gitiba Mwita, the Commandant Border Police Patrol Unit has died.
Mwita was found unconscious in his house and pronounced dead at Matuu Level 4 Hospital. pic.twitter.com/uN6IJwU6Kz
— NG’ENDO MURUGU (@MRSMuruguu) December 15, 2023
One of his colleagues has expressed shock about news of Gitiba’s death.
“I’m in shock this morning. We have lost a leader, a legend, a Dad to many, a visionary leader. Administration police we’re crying. We woke up this morning just to receive the sad news that Our BPU Commandant is no more. RIP Gitiba Mwita,” the officer said.
Among his final moments in public was when he appeared before the Senate’s National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations committee in September this year.
Gitiba told senators that poor road infrastructure ‘was one of the major hindrances to the provision of security in the North Rift region. ‘
“We still have a lack of motorable infrastructure and slow diplomatic engagement on the relocation of Nadapal to Nakodok, which is the designated crossing border point,” Mwita told the committee and urged Senators to push for the revamping of his unit to improve service delivery.
