The officer identified as Patrick Mwangi Macharia attached to Soweto police station died after hanging himself in his house and left a note besides his bed.
His body was found in the house by his daughter who had gone to visit him yesterday morning. The body was moved to the mortuary and this increases the number of officers who have committed suicide in the last months to almost 20.
Meanwhile, a suspected thug was last night shot dead in a botched robbery in Pangani area and a pistol found on him.
Police say the suspect was in the company of three others and had been attacking and robbing locals and motorists when an alarm was raised. The other suspects managed to escape on foot.
Police say the suspects had attacked and robbed many pedestrians while armed with pistols and other crude weapons. More police patrols have been enhanced in the city to address cases of armed robberies.
-Cyrus Ombati