Court orders mental tests for police officers accused of killing lawyer Kyalo Mbobu
[Nancy Gitonga, Standard] Kibera High Court has ordered two police officers accused of murdering lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu to undergo a mental assessment before taking a plea.
PC Julius Kipkoech Cheruiyot, attached to Pangani Police Station and PC Kennedy Kipkemei Borboroi of South B Police Station appeared before Kibera High Court Judge Diana Kavedza on Thursday but did not take plea after the prosecution sought orders for them to undergo mental assessment before the charges are read to them.
Kimosop, however, opposed the request for his client to undergo mental assessment, arguing that he seeks to waive the same as he is fit to stand trial The lawyer also asked the court to allow Kennedy to be held at Muthangari Police Station instead of Industrial Area Remand Prison, arguing that he did not want to be remanded at the facility where suspects he had arrested during his tenure were being held.
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