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Police arrest prisons boss Ogallo, Kamiti head after jailbreak

Prisons boss Wycliffe Ogallo Kamiti Charles Mutembei

Outgoing Kenya Prison Service Commissioner-General Wycliffe Ogallo (left) and Kamiti Prison boss Charles Mutembei. They were arrested following a jailbreak that saw three terror convicts escape from the maximum prison. 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

By  Mary Wambui

Nation Media Group

Officers from the Anti-terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) have on Wednesday arrested outgoing prisons boss Wycliffe Ogallo, Kamiti Maximum Prison head Charles Mutembei and his deputy.

Prisons boss Wycliffe Ogallo

Kenya Prison Service Commissioner-General Wycliffe Ogallo (in glasses) during his arrest at Magereza House on November 17, 2021. 

Photo credit: Mary Wambui | Nation Media Group

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