Kenya Police potential recruit collapses, dies while doing push-ups

By K24Tv Team On Mon, 22 Feb, 2021 14:40 | < 1 min read

Western Police Regional Commander Dennis Ngetich (centre) addressing the media at Bokoli Sub-County Hospital where a recruit candidate was pronounced dead after collapsing in the field on Monday, February 22, 2021.

By Moses Masinde,

A Kenya Police recruitment candidate collapsed and died on Monday while doing push-ups in Webuye West, Bungoma County.

The 26-year-old potential recruit identified as Dennis Wamukota, who was among 300 candidates who turned up for the exercise at Bokoli Primary School, had just completed a 6km run.

After the run, the recruit candidates were ordered to do push-ups and that’s when the recruiters noticed that he had ceased movement.

Wamukota was pronounced dead on arrival at the Bokoli Sub-County Medical Centre where medical officers from the Kenya Police took him for treatment.

His parents told K24 Digital that the 26-year-old was also undertaking an engineering course at the National Youth Service.

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He had travelled home to participate in the Kenya Police recruitment in hope of advancing his career, his parents said.

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