A senior Kenya Air force officer at the Moi Airbase in Eastleigh, Nairobi was found dead on Monday night.
Colonel Francis Mwangi Waweru, Commandant of the Kenya Air Force Training Wing, was found dead in his vehicle near the Moi Airbase on Juja Road in Nairobi.
Witnesses reported seeing the car for a long time at the scene, prompting them to call police and military officials.
The cause of death is unknown.
The officer had left the camp around 4 p.m., gotten into his Toyota Vitz car, and was driving towards the city center when he died, according to officials.
Police and military personnel responded to the scene and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
They later took the body to the mortuary while the investigation is ongoing.
Col Waweru presided over the closing ceremony of the Kenya Air Force New Soldiers Sports Talent Search Championship 2022 on September 22 and 23 at Nairobi’s Sina Makosa Stadium, Moi Air Base.
The two-day event saw new soldiers compete in sports such as football, netball, volleyball, and cross-country.
