Police have offered a Ksh1 million cash reward for any information that will lead to the arrest of Collins Jumaisi, a suspected serial killer.
Jumaisi escaped police custody at Gigiri Police Station on the night of August 20, 2024 and has not been caught ever since.
In a statement on Tuesday, September 30, DCI confirmed that Jumaisi was still at large, offering the hefty cash incentive days after a Citizen TV documentary questioned the progress of the case to track his escape.
"The National Police Service hereby pledges a cash reward of Ksh 1 million to anyone who provides credible information that will assist in the re-arrest of the suspect," the statement read.
Jumaisi escaped from custody alongside several other suspects, weeks after he was initially detained on suspicion of being the person behind heinous murders that led to the discovery of multiple bodies, mostly of women, at a dumpsite in Kware.
At the time of his escape, the DCI confirmed that Jumaisi was part of 13 suspects, mostly Eritreans, who escaped from custody at Gigiri Police Station.
In the statement on Tuesday, DCI provided several channels which Kenyans can use to contact authorities with details which can potentially lead to Jumaisi's capture, including the toll-free hotline 0800 722 203.
Alternatively, a tip bearing crucial information can be sent to the WhatsApp number 0709 570 000. Finally, Kenyans have also been encouraged to report any information regarding Jumaisi to the nearest police station or through the 999, 911, or 112 police hotlines.
Incidentally, this is not the first time a cash reward has been offered for information leading to Jumaisi's arrest. In October 2024, the DCI went on a similar campaign, although authorities did not disclose the exact figure at stake for a tip-off.
Preliminary investigations into the 2024 escape of the suspects led to the arrest of 5 police officers from the station who were suspected of having aided in the escape after it was reported that the escapees simply walked out the main door. They were all released on a cash bond of Ksh200,000 each on August 22 as investigations persisted.
During Jumaisi's initial arrest in July 2024, a search warrant served in his house saw a recovery of a number of items supposedly linking him to the crimes, including 24 sim cards, 8 smartphones, 2 feature phones, one laptop and one hard drive, two flash drives, one memory card and one machete.
Also recovered from the search were 12 nylon sacks, one pair of industrial rubber gloves, one pink female handbag, 2 female panties, 5 rolls of bhang, 4 clear sellotapes, one nylon rope, one reflector jacket, 2 title deeds, 2 notebooks and other assorted documents.
While in custody after the discovery of women's bodies at the Kware dump site in Mukuru, Jumaisi had allegedly confessed to 42 murders, including his own wife having taken place between 2022 and his arrest in July 2024.
