Another Police Recruit Dies After Collapsing

Police Recruitment exercise
Police Recruitment exercise in February 2021.

A second recruit in the ongoing police recruitment exercise died on Wednesday, February 24, after developing health complications during the exercise in Webuye, Bungoma County.

The 24-year-old reportedly collapsed on Monday, February 22, after taking part in a race and completing three laps.

The recruit was attended to by medical officers from the police service before being admitted to Webuye Referral Hospital. He passed on two days later at the facility.

The hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Simon Kisaka stated that the youth may have died from an unknown heart condition, but said further investigation would be conducted.

Rigorous exercises conducted in Kisumu on Monday, February 22, during police recruitment
Recruits at a training camp in Kisumu on February 21, 2021
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The father who was present at the recruitment drive stated that his son regained consciousness after being admitted to the hospital, but died days later.

"They put him on a drip and he was able to regain his energy, and he was also conversing with us," the father recalled.

His mother recalled that his son also drunk water, and even milk when she went to visit him in the hospital. She said she was shocked when she received a phone call informing her that her son was no more.

On Monday, February 22, a 26-year-old male recruit died during the Kenya Police recruitment exercise in Webuye.

The man who was among 300 candidates who turned up for the exercise, collapsed shortly after completing a six-kilometre run, which was a prerequisite in the exercise. 

Kenya Police medical officers rushed him to Bokoli Sub-County Medical Centre where he was declared dead on arrival.

“The doctors tried their best to assist him, but sadly we lost him,' Deputy Regional police commander Dennis Ngetich, who was supervising the exercise stated.

The parents stated that their son was pursuing an engineering course at the National Youth service and had traveled home to try his luck in the recruitment. Engineering was among the specialties that the National Police Service was looking for.

Rigorous exercises conducted in Kisumu on Monday, February 22, during police recruitment
Police recruits being taken through rigorous exercises conducted in Kisumu on Monday, February 22, 2021.
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