Inside Kamiti Prison: How kuku choma-chapo is smuggled for Sh5,000

The escape of three terror convicts at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison has, for the umpteenth time, exposed security lapses at ‘heavily guarded’ Kenyan prisons. It is strongly believed the jailbreak masterminded by Musharaf Abdalla, Mohamed Abdi Abikar and Joseph Juma Odhiambo was aided by insiders with tell-tell signs that the trio did not break much sweat to earn their short-lived freedom.

It is not the first time for prisoners to stage such an escape; it has happened in the past and there is no guarantee this was the last.
“There is no way those inmates could have escaped without bribing their way out,” says a source, lifting the lid into the shady deals that take place the prison where warders collecting bribes to let in prohibited items is commonplace.
For example, loaded convicts or those from well-to-do families do not touch prison food. Their special diet is delivered from their homes or hotels.