Detectives are investigating the death of a Senior Police Officer in charge of a crime unit in Matuu town, Machakos county.
Police said Ezekiel Gitiba Mwita who was a Senior Assistant Inspector General of Police, was found unconscious in his rental house in Matuu town on Friday morning.
It is not clear what caused the death. The body was moved to the morgue pending autopsy and other procedures.
Gitiba was the commandant of the Border Police Patrol Unit, which is key in among others war on terrorism, cross-border crimes, cattle rustling and human smuggling.
He was one of the senior officers in the Administration Police Service.
He had risen the ranks to reach the Assistant Inspector.
Border Patrol Unit is among the newly formed units and it is now regarded as elite given its mandate and form of training they get.
