Inmates who broke away from Mapoko prison are terrifying residents of Mukaya payam, Lainya County, since Saturday.
The four escapees were soldiers detained in Mapoko.
Lainya County press secretary Bullen Lugala told Radio Easter this morning over the phone that people of Mukaya payam ran for safety after four prisoners armed with two guns and pangas clashed with soldiers and killed one.
Mr Lugala said civilians joined the county police force in search for the four escaping soldiers before the situation got out of hand.
The official said most of the people in the area are living in fear because the whereabouts of the four dangerous fugitives were not known.