How they dug out and got caught: Kamiti escapees to start defence hearing in August

Inmates follow action through steel windows when Kamiti Medium Prison played Kamiti Youth Correction and Training Centre (YCTC) during their 2022 Inter-Prisons World Cup match at Kamiti Maximum Prison in Nairobi on November 17, 2022. [File, Standard]

Three men who escaped from Kamiti Maximum Prison in November 2021, and another accused of aiding them, will begin their defence on August 19 this year.

This follows directions issued on Tuesday by Kahawa Principal Magistrate Gideon Kiage.