Former director of personnel at police headquarters Charlton Murithi is dead.
Murithi died Friday morning at the Kenyatta National Hospital where he had been admitted over cancer-related complications.
Murithi has been battling cancer complications and three months ago he was flown to South Africa for therapy.
He was flown back to Kenya and was admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
He passed on at about 3 am on Friday, August 19, a member of his family said.
Police visited the facility and moved the body to the local mortuary.
He was up to the time of his demise the director of Kenya National Focal Point on Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons, which is under the Office of the President but being run by the police.
He was a Senior Assistant Inspector General of Police (SAIG), a rank below the Deputy Inspector General of police.
He also served as the director of the Internal Affairs Unit (AIU), commandant of traffic operations, Provincial Police Officer in North Eastern, among other directorates of the police.
Police headquarters confirmed the demise and said a comprehensive statement would be issued later.
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