By Cyrus Ombati
Nairobi, Kenya: Police in Nairobi have launched a major hunt for 40 mentally ill patients who escaped from Mathari Mental Hospital on Monday morning.
Police and guards are looking for the patients within the city.
The patients escaped after overpowering guards after complaining that the medicine administered to them were ineffective.
Police say the hospital is a lawful custody and termed the escape by the patients as illegal.
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