Multi-agency teams are hunting for a suspect who reportedly escaped from custody in Webuye, Bungoma.
According to police, the suspect had been detained for claims of stealing and had been involved in a mob injustice incident.
He sustained injuries and was rescued by police who took him to the Webuye County Hospital.
A police officer was tasked to take care of him to heal before he is processed and arraigned.
On August 20 at 4 am, the suspect requested to be taken to the toilet at the hospital.
Police say it was then that he scaled through the hospital toilet and escaped to an unknown place.
The officer who was waiting for him outside came to know of it minutes later after realizing he had taken too long in the toilet.
It was then he raised an alarm calling for help to trace the suspect and re-arrest him.
A team of detectives visited the scene and processed it and the hunt for the suspect is ongoing.
The incident comes on the same day serial murder suspect Collins Jumaisi and 12 other Eritreans escaped from Gigiri police station in what officials termed as an inside job.
Following the incident, eight police officers were interdicted, police authorities said.
The officers were briefly detained for grilling over the saga.
Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli said among those interdicted include the Gigiri, Sub County police commander, OCS Gigiri police station, Duty Officer, Duty NCO, Station Guards and report Office personnel.
