PHOTOs of the female police officer who took her own life using an AK-47 rifle in Kisii

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 - A female police officer attached to the Kisii Central Subcounty Police Headquarters has been found dead in an incident that authorities are investigating as a suspected suicide.

The deceased, identified as Corporal Marjorie Bosibori, 42, was a police signaller attached to the subcounty radio room.

According to a police report, she was discovered at around 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday by a fellow officer who had gone to open the radio room office.

She was found seated and unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest, while an AK-47 rifle lay beside her.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the officer had locked herself inside the office before sustaining the fatal gunshot wound using the service rifle.

Police said Corporal Bosibori had collected the AK-47 rifle from the Kisii Central Police Station armoury at around 6:00 p.m. on Monday before proceeding to provide security at a supermarket in Kisii Town.

Detectives and crime scene investigators recovered the AK-47 rifle, one spent 7.62×39mm cartridge, a magazine loaded with 29 rounds of ammunition, the office padlock key, assorted medical drugs, and three mobile phones from the scene.

Authorities said no suicide note was recovered during a search, and the officer was still dressed in full police jungle uniform when her body was found.

Her body was moved to the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary, where a post-mortem examination is expected to be conducted as investigations continue.

Police have not established the motive behind the suspected su!c!de.

The Kenyan DAILY POST.