President Uhuru Sacks Commissioner-General of Prisons Wycliffe Ogalo
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday fired the Commissioner-General of the Kenya Prisons, Wycliffe Ogalo following the escape of three terror convicts.
In a statement, the President appointed Brigadier (Rtd) John Kibaso Warioba as his replacement.
"His Excellency the President has today appointed and witnessed the swearing-in of Brigadier (Rtd) John Kibaso Warioba as the Commissioner-General of the Kenya Prisons Service," the statement said.
"It is also notified that His Excellency the President had earlier today revoked with immediate effect the appointment of Mr. Wycliffe Ogalo as the Commissioner-General of Kenya."
Ogalo's sacking comes days after three terror convicts escaped from the Kamiti Maximum Prison.