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‘He had a bright future’, family mourns cop killed in Kayole

Charles Kigen (left) with his wife Mirriam Kigen in their home at Ebenezer Village in Baringo county yesterday. Their son Police Constable Joel Kipruto Chesire was killed by a gang in Kayole, Nairobi. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

A family is Mogotio, Baringo County is mourning its 35-year-old son, a police constable who was killed in Kayole, Nairobi. 

Joel Chesire, a Police Constable attached to Obama Police Station was shot dead alongside his colleague by armed criminals on November 8, 2019 while on night patrol. 

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