A section of police officers has asked the Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kipchumba Murkomen, to consider replacing their vehicle model due to logistical concerns, including the possibility of prisoners escaping.
Speaking during the Jukwaa la Usalama forum in Murang'a County on Wednesday, Chief Inspector Albert Kipchumba, the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) at Kenol Police Station, made a passionate appeal to the CS, urging the ministry to consider replacing Mahindra vehicles with Toyota Land Cruisers.
The OCS explained that the access route to the Maranjau Prison was in a very dilapidated state.
They warned that this posed a serious risk of prisoners escaping during transit because the Mahindra vehicles were so slow. "Our vehicle sometimes carries up to 22 prisoners at a speed of just 10 kilometres per hour.
