This archive report was first published on 22 May 2020.
On Thursday, May 14, 2020, three police officers from Kamukunji Police Station in Nairobi were charged with aiding a suspect's escape from custody at a Milimani Court.
The officers, Corporal Vacity Kimeres and Constables Stephen Auko and Elias Koome, were released on a Ksh. 200,000 bond with one surety of the same amount or an alternative of Ksh. 50,000 cash bail until June 4, 2020, when the case will be heard.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the three officers were on duty on May 13, 2020, when the kidnap suspect Martin Wasike, 27, disappeared from the cells.
Analysis of the CCTV footage revealed that the trio deliberately, unprocedurally, and unlawfully released the Ugandan national who had been charged at Milimani Law Courts alongside two others for kidnapping and handling suspected stolen property.
Separately, police in Kirinyaga County have arrested a university student for posting defamatory statements on Facebook against Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru.
The student was arrested on Thursday morning at his Kerugoya home and detained at Kerugoya police station for questioning before being released on police bond pending the outcome of the investigations.
