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Policeman kills himself over loan, frustration at work

Tarius Omondi, an officer stationed at Tabaka police station, Mandera. He committed suicide Wednesday in Kisumu allegedly over bank loans. (Harold Odhiambo, Standard)

Grief has engulfed a village in Kisumu County after a family lost their kin, a police officer who committed suicide allegedly over bank loans and frustrations at work.

Tirus Omondi, an officer stationed at Takama in Mandera hanged himself on Tuesday night in his house in Manyatta in Kisumu.

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