Police in Kirinyaga County have launched a manhunt after a Ugandan national escaped from Kiamaciri Police Station.
The suspect had been arrested for allegedly killing a woman in a home where he worked as a farm boy in November last year.
Two police officers have, as a result, been arrested for reportedly aiding the suspect's escape as family members of the slain woman cry for justice.
Family members of the deceased who spoke to the press on Sunday, June 2, revealed that the man escaped on Friday before he was to appear before the court this week.
The members gathered outside the police station demanding to know how the suspect escaped yet police officers were on guard at the station.
"The man committed the crime and later vanished. He was arrested and given 14 days before appearing in court. Now he is nowhere to be found," one of the relatives remarked.
Outside the police station, the relatives were wailing and attracted the attention of other residents. They also accused the officers of colluding with the fugitive to help him escape.
Another family member revealed that the suspect blamed an 'evil spirit' for his heinous action. The suspect dismissed that someone had hired him to kill the woman.
"I can't understand how a murder suspect escaped from this station. This is an inside job," the deceased daughter stated.
The relatives also dismissed the allegations that the suspect escaped by breaking down the door adding that police could not show any damages.
Additionally, they questioned how many suspects had escaped before from the station with the help of the officers who may have been compromised.
The suspect hacked his employer to death and has been on the run until May this year when he was arrested in Nairobi. The deceased phone was found in the suspect's aunt's house.
