Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i has released a tough-worded statement after he led a delegation of top security chiefs to Kamiti prison where three terror suspects allegedly escaped on Monday.
In the statement released on Tuesday morning, CS Matiang’i confirmed that seven wardens had been arrested over the escape of Musharraf Abdalla Akhulunga a.k.a Zarkarawi, Mohammed Ali Abikar, and Joseph Juma Odhiambo a.k.a Yusuf.
According to the CS, a visit to the prison specifically Block A6 where the alleged escape happened, did not confirm what had been reported by the prison’s management.
He said a manhunt has been launched for the three terror suspects and anyone else who may have aided their escape.
“We will not only go the direction investigations will point us, but we will act resolutely to ensure this kind of recklessness does not happen again because it exposes our people. Definitely there is a certain level of irresponsibility we have to deal with in this particular case.
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File image of Interior CS Fred Matiang'i. [Photo: Courtesy]
“We have gone to the place where the escape allegedly happened and we have formed certain opinions. We don’t want to discuss that because we don’t want to interfere with the work that the DCI is doing,” Matiang’i’s statement read in part.
He urged anyone who may have information to share the same with the relevant authorities, adding that the suspects are dangerous and a pose a threat to national security.
CS Matiang’i assured Kenyans that the government is doing everything possible to ensure the suspects are arrested and dealt with in accordingly.
“We are all mobilized and have sent messages across the country and all exit and possible movement points out of the country. We are going to conduct a massive manhunt for those three. They are dangerous criminals and we have to get them and we are going to get them,” he affirmed.
