Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on Monday, December 16 visited the family of the late Chief Inspector Joseph Kinyua in Mathira, Nyeri.
In a Facebook post by the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Matiang’i who was flanked by Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai and other senior police officers, empathised with Kinyua's family.
The CS also joined the family for an interactive moment at a time that they continue mourning the death of their loved one.
“A delegation of state officers, led by Fred Matiangi and IG Hillary Mutyambai, visited the home of the late Chief Inspector Joseph Kinyua in Mathira, Nyeri, to empathize with his family,” read a statement from the ministry.
The statement further indicated that the ministry was in the process of fast-tracking compensation to the families of officers who died on duty.
“The government has instituted strategies to provide the necessary support to families of fallen officers,” further read the statement.
According to the Daily Nation, Kinyua who was the Chuka OCS was killed in May 2019, after he and two of his colleagues cornered a suspect who allegedly murdered a chief at Ugweri Market in Embu East Sub-county.
The OCS reportedly confronted the suspect identified as David Ikaaba and ordered him to surrender, but he did not obey the order.
Ikaaba, who operated a butchery at Ugweri Market allegedly picked up an axe and struck the police boss in the head several times, much to the astonishment of the residents.
He was shot dead as he tried to flee the scene.
"We were shocked to find the officer and the suspect lying in pools of blood," a resident told Daily Nation at the time.
The deceased police boss was laid to rest on May 11, 2019, in an event attended by Deputy Inspector General Edward Mbugua who lauded him as a dedicated officer.
“Kinyua joined the Kenya Police Service on April 2, 1988, and in his 31 years of service he rose to the rank of chief inspector and served in various stations across the country, including Murang’a, Kisumu and Tharaka Nithi,” remarked Mbugua.
