14 Inmates Break Out of Nanyuki GK Prison, Eight Recaptured

Police in Nanyuki, Laikipia County are searching for six prisoners who escaped from lawful custody on Saturday.

The six are among 14 capital offender inmates who managed to break out of Nanyuki GK Prison early Saturday morning. 

A report filed at Nanyuki Police Station says officers on patrol in the Likii area responded to gunshots at Nanyuki GK Prison at around 02.52 am.

“Officers from the station, DCI, and CIPU were mobilized and immediately rushed to the scene map ref 853583 about 3km west of the station,” the police report reads.

The security team established that 14 prisoners charged with capital offenses had escaped from the said prison.

A manhunt was immediately launched leading to the arrest of eight of the escapees while six others managed to escape and are still at large.

The six were identified as Mareri Tetkor from Rumuruti, murder convicts Nangoye Lenawaso and Lereiyo Lekiare from Samburu, Francis Nduati, and Patrick Fundi from Laikipia and James Sike from Turkana, who are serving time for robbery with violence. 

Police said the inmates cut through the doors using a hacksaw before jumping over the perimeter wall. 

An investigation into the incident is ongoing.