A 27-year-old man who had been arrested by community policing officers on April 12 at Mamba area in Kithimani, Yatta sub-county over allegedly stealing a goat escaped their hands immediately they got into Kithimani police station.
According to eye witness, the officers engaged in a conversation immediately they entered the police station main gate, a situation which created room for the suspects' escape.
"I was entering the main gate before I was hit by someone who was running at a very high speed and before I knew it he was nowhere to be seen," said eyewitness.
The man has been a threat to residents as late last year he had been arrested, imprisoned for three months and released.
Police in Kithimani have launched a manhunt to arrest the man.