A post-mortem examination on Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei shows the 33-year-old died from a single gunshot wound.
Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor said Kenei, who was found dead in his house in Imara Daima, Nairobi, died a day or two before his body was discovered.
According to the pathologist, the gunshot wound was a “contact type,” meaning firearm was pressed directly against the spot where the bullet entered.
Initial police reports indicated that Kenei, a sergeant attached to Deputy President William Ruto’s office, had committed suicide.
However, additional evidence gathered by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) homicide detectives who had camped at his home collecting the deceased’s personal belongings, swabs and other evidence has cast doubts on the suicide angle.
Already, detectives have established that the suicide note next to the officer’s body was not in his handwriting.