Acting Inspector-General of Police Gilbert Masengeli has ordered the interdiction of eight police officers for allegedly aiding 13 suspects to escape from Gigiri Police Station on Tuesday, August 20.
The police officers who have been arrested include the Gigiri sub-county police commander.
Officer Commanding Station (OCS) and six others were also arrested.
Masengeli said that investigations revealed that the escape was an inside job.
“Our preliminary investigations indicate that the escape was aided by insiders, considering the officers were deployed accordingly to guard the station,”
“I have interdicted eight officers who were on duty last night, including the Gigiri Subcounty police commander, OCS, duty officer, station guards, and report office personnel,” Masengeli said.
The main suspect in the Kware murders, Collins Jumaisi escaped from the Gigiri Police Station.
Jumaisi, according to a police report was among 13 suspects who escaped from the police station on the morning of Tuesday, August 20.
The 12 others who escaped custody are Eritrean illegal aliens.
On Tuesday, at around 5:00 a.m., the officer in charge, Police Constable Gerald Mutuku, made routine visits to the cells.
Mutuku was with the canteen manager to serve breakfast to the suspects.
When they opened the cell door, they were horrified to discover that 13 suspects had escaped.
The suspects escaped by cutting the wire mesh at the basking bay.
Jumaisi was in the police cell, waiting to be arraigned in court for his plea hearing.
