A former Recce Squad officer who doubled up as President Uhuru Kenyatta’s escort has turned into a manual worker after he was dismissed from the service in 2016.
Nicholas Langat, has reportedly turned to crushing stones at a local quarry in Kericho to sustain his drinking habits.
The 28-year old, was reportedly dismissed for absconding duty.
Reports indicate that he had traveled home to take care of his wife who was suffering from cancer.
Langat’s life is said to have taken a new twist after his wife succumbed to the disease, leaving behind a two-year-old daughter.
The officer decided to take care of the young baby left behind, and is said to have developed depression thereafter which led him to alcoholism.
A local media outlet recently caught up with the highly trained officer who had now turned an alcoholic.
The officer is trained in intelligence gathering, protection of VVIPs, recognition and destruction of explosives and guarding vital security installations.
He had first learnt of the government’s move after he was handed a suspension letter sent to Ainamoi Police Station in Kericho County, in his rural home.
According to him, the suspension meant that he was not dismissed; he remained a police officer and could therefore not be employed anywhere else.