It is grief and pain to the family of late Vincent Kiprop Koech, a Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) officer who was alleged to have committed suicide at the Moi International Airport, Mombasa.
KCAA issued a statement on Saturday indicating that Vincent jumped from the control tower leading to his fateful death.
According to family members, Vincent didn't portray any signs of alarm on that fateful day.
Vincent's sister Fidelis Koech, said that he was always a happy person, who loved spending his free time on social media
“Even in our family Whats App group, he did not show any signs of stress. He was very okay. He was not on Facebook ... he said it was for idlers. He used to be very jovial. When I hear people saying he committed suicide I do not understand." said Fidelis as quoted by Daily Nation
According to his father, Sigira Koech, they had a normal phone conversation hours before the incident on Friday. They discussed family matters and other usual things. He never suspected anything mysterious.
“He was a sharp boy. He had a first class honors B.SC. in Meteorology from the University of Nairobi. He was not somebody you could push around. He [had worked at KCAA] for a year and three months,” said Sigira.
The late was 29 years old, and a last born in the family of five.
His family resides in Kericho County.