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Cruel bosses, stress blamed for suicides in Kenya police force

Fifty police officers in Kenya kill themselves every year, highlighting the shocking levels of stress and unhappiness among the people charged with protecting the country’s population.

The figures emerged at the weekend following the suicide of a policewoman at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport last week. She locked herself in the toilet and shot herself with her service pistol leaving a note laden with despair.

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