A Kibera magistrate court ordered the Kenyatta National Hospital and Nairobi Women’s Hospital to avail medical records of a 29 year old man suspected of having committed two murders at Kenyatta National Hospital.
Principal magistrate Daisy Mutahi also ordered the suspect Kennedy Kalombotole be detained at Kilimani police station until July 29, when the medical report will be availed.
Kalombotole was arrested after preliminary investigations linked him to the murder of Edward Mainge Ndegwa at Kenyatta national hospital 7th floor ward 7C on July 17.
He is also suspected to have committed another murder on the night of 6th and 7th February, 2025.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) moved to court seeking to detain him for 21 more days to allow completion of investigations.
The Homicide Investigations Bureau at DCI headquarters alleged that Kalombotole is the key suspect in the brutal killing of Edward Maingi Ndegwa, a patient who was admitted to Ward 7B-C on July 12 and later found murdered on his hospital bed on July 17.
According to the investigating officer, Corporal Benard Muange, the suspect was arrested on July 18 at the same hospital, where he had reportedly been admitted since November 2024
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