Kisii Governor Simba Arati Wednesday decried massive looting of mosquito nets in his county, describing the act as despicable.
One person in South Mugirango is already on the run after 3300 nets disappeared.
The nets had not been recovered by Wednesday evening.
In Bobasi, at least 300 nets were recovered from one man who is already in custody.
He is due to stand trial on Friday.
Even amid the theft, Kisii County ranks among the top three devolved units doing well in the distribution of the nets.
The mosquito nets are part of the national government program to end malaria infections in the country.
Arati said the suspect net thief in South Mugirango cited the name of some senior politician when police went to look for him.
"Where can an individual take all these nets? This is a malicious act that we should not condone as a society," Arati told a crowd outside Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital.
Kisii County received a total of 941,368 nets of the haul.
Speaking in Egetuki area, Arati appealed to the public to support the government initiatives in the fight against malaria.
He advised the residents to keep their compounds clean and sleep inside the nets to protect themselves from the disease.
“I urge our people to use the bed nets appropriately and avoid using them to fence kitchen gardens but keep them in the wardrobe when not in use,” he stated.
In Nyamira, Assembly Majority Whip Nyambega Gisesa warned the residents against using nets as an orchard fence.
"Gusii as a whole is malaria prone and we can't afford to be careless in misusing the nets being distributed to us," he told journalists at his Keroka office.
