According to police , Kitale Women Prison constable , Linda Machuma Wafula has died by suicide inside her rented house in Tumaini Estate, Kitale , Trans Nzoia County.

Her body was discovered on Sunday after neighbours reported a foul odour coming from her house.

According to a police report, Ms Wafula was last seen on February 1 at her home, before her body was discovered on Sunday.

Officers who arrived at her house on Sunday after receiving the reports discovered her body leaning against a double-decker bed.

They claimed she used an electric cord, which was discovered still tied around her neck.

Her body moved to the Cherangany Nursing Home Mortuary.