The 68-year-old man who collapsed and died in Nyamira County during the Kenya Police Service recruitment had a heart condition and was diabetic, his family has said.
But they said they could not determine whether it was diabetes or the heart condition that killed him.
Speaking to The Standard, the family dismissed claims that Charles Kamemba died of shock when his daughter was denied a chance to join the police service.
They denied allegations that Kamemba had paid a bribe of Sh300,000 as reported by a local newspaper. Police officers visited the family to investigate the bribery claims that would potentially ruin the credibility of the recruitment exercise.
Lilian Kamemba, who is daughter to the deceased, said the family is dismayed by reports carried by the local newspaper on Wednesday.
“My dad was called by my elder brother to take a certificate they had forgotten at home to the Nyamira North Sub County headquarters. When he reached there, he delivered the certificate to my brother and walked away to catch a motorbike back home. That is when he collapsed,” narrated Lilian.
She said her sister was a candidate during the recruitment but did not know what had transpired until when she returned home late at the night after learning that her bid to join the police service was not successful.
“My father died at around 11am and by this time, the recruitment exercise was still ongoing. The officers were on with verification of documents that job seekers presented. It is therefore not possible that my father could predict that my sister would fail six hours before the exercise was concluded,” she said.
After collapsing, Mr Kamemba was rushed to Ekerenyo Sub District Hospital which is 50 metres away, where he was pronounced dead.
According to a medical report seen by The Standard, Kamemba was certified as dead at 11.30am.
Government authorities have also dismissed claims that the man died of shock linked to the verdict of the recruitment exercise.
Nyamira North Deputy County Commissioner Thomas Sakah said the medical report indicates the late Kememba had diabetes and the sugar levels were very high at the time of his death.
“I wish to clarify that by the time the man died, recruitment was still ongoing.We had not released the results,” explained Sakah.
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