![]() On Wednesday, President Uhuru Kenyatta sacked the country's prisons boss Wycliffe Ogallo over the escape, Kenyatta's office said in a statement.Įight people who worked at the prison were arraigned on Tuesday over their role in the escape, according to a document from the Director of Public Prosecutions seen by Reuters. ![]() The escapees looked dishevelled and one was limping, the Daily Nation said, quoting witnesses. Seven other prisoners escaped, making a total of 9 inmates who were let out by the operation. The group raised suspicions when they sought directions to Boni Forest, close to the Somali border, the Daily Nation reported. Who were they trying to break out of prison Reportedly the two prisoners that the operation primarily sought to free were José Artemio Maldonado, El Michoacano and his brother Mariano Maldonado Mejía, alias El M1. Police had described all three escapees as "dangerous" and offered a 60 million Kenyan shilling ($535,240) reward for information that could lead to their recapture. ![]() ![]() The two other escapees from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison were Joseph Juma Odhiambo, jailed for trying to join Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab in 2019, and Musharaf Abdalla Akhulunga, arrested for his participation in a foiled 2012 attack on parliament. ![]()
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