DCI Queens volleyball team coach Daniel Kimutai Bor was Friday laid to rest at his home in Kipsombe, Uasin Gishu County in a funeral service that brought together over 3,000 mourners.
Coach Bor passed on two weeks ago while undertaking a Section Commanders Course at the Magadi Field Training Camp.
Bor was celebrated as a highly disciplined officer who served with diligence for the 22 years he was in the National Police Service, and whose character and integrity were above reproach.
"There's more to why Coach Bor should be remembered. In a brazen show of selflessness, the man who went around villages recruiting young and talented women to form the DCI Volleyball team also made a personal appeal to the NPS authority to recruit them in the Service at the expense of asking for a medal, and promotion or recognition for achieving good results," DCI Boss Mohamed Amin said.
His wishes were granted and 14 members of his team were recruited and trained at the National Police College Main Campus, Kiganjo in 2022.
After serving in the General Service Unit for a couple of years, Bor joined the DCI in 2012 where he served as a field detective before founding the first-ever DCI volleyball team in 2017.
"His talent and dedication in training the young women saw the team join the Kenya Women Volleyball Federation," Amin added.
The DCI Queens have been the four-time undefeated champions of the Mwalimu Nyerere tournament held annually in Tanzania by the Eastern Africa countries.
"Coach Bor's memories shall live in the hearts of the many lives he touched, not just his wife, two kids and family, but also his colleagues at work and fellow cadets with whom he spent his last days,"the DCI boss further said.
"The NPS fraternity, Kenya Volleyball Federation, the sports world and friends celebrate a life well lived, and as he shines on his way to rest in eternal bliss, we pray that God will show his family the way to smile again."
