Kenyan prison wardens arrested over escape of 3 terror suspects

By Kwanta Douglas –

Seven wardens at Kenya’s Kamiti Maximum Prison have been detained following the escape of three inmates serving prison sentences for terrorism-related crimes.

A statement released on Tuesday by the Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, claimed that preliminary investigations have revealed that the jailbreak was aided by laxity and ineptitude.

More arrests and prosecutions of officials suspected of assisting the terror suspects’ escape would be made in the coming days, according to Mr Matiang’i, as the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) moves in to investigate the escape.

“We will not only go the direction of investigation will point us but we will act resolutely to ensure this kind of recklessness does not happen again because it exposes our people,’ said Mr Matiang’i in a statement Tuesday.

“Definitely, there is a certain level of irresponsibility we have to deal with in this particular case.”

The three suspects are Musharaf Abdallah Akhulunga alias Shukri, Mohamed Abdi Ali Abikas alias Mohamed Ali Abikar and Joseph Juma Odhiambo. 

The DCI has offered a reward of Ksh60 million ($535,714) to anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of the three terror suspects, who escaped from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison. 

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