Turkana village mourns loss of GSU officer

There was grief at a village in Turkana County after it emerged one of their sons was among security personnel who died in the Naivasha accident.

Constable Barnabas Mele from Nadapal village was  attached to the elite G-Company General Service Unit team guarding President Uhuru Kenyatta.

His mother Jacinta Nabei mourned her son, saying Mele had just been employed. "My son was born in 1986 and was the sole breadwinner in the family. He was also the only educated member of this family. Mele was the only one I looked up to, to uplift us from poverty," said Nabei as tears welled in her eyes.

She noted her son had a vision of changing their living standards.

"He was constructing four rental units that were yet to be roofed. My only prayer is that I will get enough assistance to complete what my son had started and also to support his niece, a Standard One pupil he has been taking care of," she added.

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