The Officer in charge of the Maralal GK prison Simon Musyoni is dead. Musyoni who at the time of his death was an Assistant Commissioner of Prisons was pronounced dead at the Maralal Referral hospital on Friday morning.
According to an officer who sought anonymity since he is not authorized to talk to the press, Musyoni was to travel to Nairobi today morning for a routine medical checkup.
The officer said that his official car was fueled and his driver went to pick him up at around 7 am but found him lying unconscious on the couch.
“His driver rushed him at the Maralal referral hospital which is a few meters away but the doctors confirmed him dead,” the officer said.
Sources within the prisons revealed that Musyomi had undergone a heart surgery six months ago and he was to go for his regular check up this morning. The 59-year-old has been in charge of Maralal prison since 2011. His body is lying at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting postmortem.