Court Convicts Three Terror Suspects Who Escaped from Kamiti Prison
The suspects were subject of national headlines when they escaped from the high security facility prompting a nationwide manhunt...
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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has successfully secured the conviction of three individuals for escaping from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, an act deemed to have prejudiced national security.
- The three convicts were found guilty by the Kahawa Anti-Terrorism Court of committing a terrorist act under Section 4(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2012.
- The prosecution presented evidence from 10 witnesses to prove its case.
- The escape occurred on the night of November 14, 2021, and the morning of November 15, 2021, with the inmates recaptured two days later in Kitui County.
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Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Kipchumba Murkomen, is in the United States on a security benchmarking tour with the New York Police Department (NYPD), accompanied by Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja. The visit aims to establish a new Nairobi Metropolitan Police Unit (NMPU) that will adopt technology- and data-driven policing strategies inspired by the NYPD model. This move aims to modernize urban security and law enforcement in Nairobi. In a separate development, the Director of Public Prosecutions successfully secured the conviction of three individuals for escaping from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, an act deemed to have prejudiced national security.
