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The day Prisons Commissioner General John Warioba's uniform was stitched in under two hours

Brigadier (Rtd) John Kibaso Warioba takes his oath of office as the Commissioner-General of the Kenya Prisons Service during his swearing-in at State House, Nairobi on November 17, 2021. [PSCU, Standard]

When John Warioba retired from the military, he never thought that one day he would wear decorated uniforms again in his life, leave alone serve his country again for the rest of his life as a retired officer.

Things however changed on November 17, 2021, when he was informed that he would take up the role of Commissioner-General of Prisons after Wycliffe Ogalo was sent packing following the escape of three terror suspects from Kamiti Maximum Prison.

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