Kenyan Man Arrested after Escaping from Quarantine Facility

A Kenyan man who escaped from quarantine centre has been arrested in Bureti, Kericho county.

The man identified as Nelson Kiplangat was trailed by detectives from Nairobi to his home in Tabaita village, Tiriitab Moita, where he was apprehended on Thursday, April 23.

Confirming his arrest, Bureti sub-county police commander Felician Nafula said the man was taken to Kapkatet Medical Training College where he was quarantined.

The police commander said his family members have been advised to quarantine themselves at their home for the next 14 days.

According to the police, Kiplangat escaped the quaranine centre in the contry’s capital, Nairobi and then travelled to his home in Kericho using unchartered routes.

Residents in the area expressed concern that the man was exposing them to danger given he had escaped the facility along with over 15 other people.

“It is scary that a man could escape from a quarantine centre and travel all the way to Bureti from Nairobi, mingling freely with others,” said Geoffrey Rono Kataress, a resident of Litein town.

On Wednesday, April 22, police arrested two other people who escaped the quarantine facility at Marurui along Thika Road.

Police also recovered a laptop believed to have been stolen from the facility by the two suspects.

The search for the other missing people is ongoing with the law enforcers determined to quarantine them.