• IG of Police Hilary Mutyambai said that the government will now commence a verification process in order to ensure that the reward goes to, “deserving recipients”.
• A team has since been sent to the ground in Kitui to talk to witnesses and authorities as they probe the matter.
Police say they will honour their pledge of awarding a cash prize to Kenyans who aided a multi-agency security team in the arrest of convicted terrorists who had escaped from the Kamiti Maximum Prison.
Inspector-General of Police Hilary Mutyambai said that the government will now commence a verification process in order to ensure that the reward goes to, “deserving recipients”.
“The government intends to honour its pledge on the cash reward offer. This will however be subject to a due verification process to ensure the reward goes to deserving recipients,” said Mutyambai.
He added the security nature of the incident and the risk of harm to those who genuinely aided the capture of the convicts may militate against full public disclosure of the eventual beneficiaries of the cash reward.
He said the rearrest of the suspects was made possible with the support from emcees of the public.
Accounts of several people who separately claim to have played a role in the capture have been reported extensively in the media which now requires further checks before the payment of the Sh60 million is made.
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