Collins Jumaisi: Kenya police offer reward for suspected serial killer

Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, a prime suspect in the murder of more than 40 women, escaped from custody over a year ago.

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Khalusha was the prime suspect in the murder of more than 40 women whose mutilated bodies were discovered in a disused quarry that became a dumpsite in the capital, Nairobi.

Shortly after his arrest, he escaped from custody, along with 12 others, after reportedly cutting through a wire mesh roof and scaling a perimeter wall.

It caused outrage, and police are facing a renewed backlash over their failure to hunt down Khalusha more than a year later.

Many Kenyans have questioned how he could have escaped on 20 August 2024 from what is regarded as one of the most secure police stations, located near the US embassy and the UN offices in the capital.