Seven wardens at the Kamiti Maximum Prison have been arrested following the escape of three convicts who were serving jail terms for terrorism-related crimes.
Interior CS Fred Matiang’i said preliminary investigations suggested the escape was abetted by laxity and incompetence.
Speaking on Monday at the Prison, Matiang’i vowed to ensure more arrests and prosecutions.
He further announced that a massive manhunt involving specialized teams had been launched .
The three escapees are; Musharraf Abdalla Akhulunga a.k.a Zarkarawi, Mohammed Ali Abikar and Joseph Juma Odhiambo.
The DCI has put Sh60m bounty on the heads of the terror suspects.
The CS however urged Kenyans not to panic over the latest mysterious escape of dangerous prisoners saying security teams were on high alert and had managed to pre-empt many of the planned terror attacks.
Abikar was charged and convicted in 2019 over his links to Al-Shabaab and for abetting the Garissa University attack of April 2015 that left 148 people dead.
Odhiambo was arrested in 2019 for trying to join the Somali terror group.
Akhulunga was arrested in 2012 over a foiled attack on Kenya’s parliament and charged with possessing explosives, ammunition and firearms.