The wife of the late Police Constable Rufus Mwendoi who committed suicide after living behind a detailed emotional note has spoken out.
While addressing the press on Saturday, December 11, the grieving widow disclosed that she noticed a change in the officer's behaviour over the past two months.
She indicated that prior to his troubled change, he had been a responsible person that took care of his family.
On the fateful Thursday, December 9, the wife revealed that she became concerned after her husband went missing all over a sudden.
Her attempts to reach him were futile since his phone was switched off. When she asked his brothers to check on him, all hell broke lose.
"I called his cell phone but it was switched off and that was when I became worried. I called his brothers to look for him in the house or his workplace.
"He was a responsible person but recently, since October is when I saw a change in his behaviour. Even in November. He has died this December," she recounted.
His kin also indicated that a day before he committed suicide, he had asked two of his colleagues to stand in for him at the workplace on Tuesday and Wednesday.
His body was found dangling in his home on Thursday and left behind a note detailing how he was suffering depression and was unable to clear some debts that pushed him to the edge. He had neatly arranged his clothes in one corner.
In the suicide note, he highlighted that he had a debt amounting to Ksh81,000 that he was struggling to settle. The debts ranged from Ksh50,000 to Ksh1,000 owed to different individuals.
He directed his colleagues to form a social media group and contribute the said amount and repay the debt before or during his burial.
In a three-page note, the deceased also indicated that he owed some money to one of his seniors in the National Police Service.
Former Nairobi Governor, Mike Mbuvi Sonko, has, however, intervened clearing some of the debt left by the police officer.
Sonko revealed that he had cleared the Ksh17,000 and Ksh50,000 debts that they deceased indicated in the suicide note.
The former governor added that he was willing to support the family of the deceased with burial expenses so that the rest of the money collected during the fundraiser would be used to support them.
The officer, who was attached at Chaani Police Station, had served in the force for 26 years.
