Defilement Suspect to Undergo Second Mental Assessment

Kilunda Lenguyana Mandiji alias Kilunti Mtalii during the proceeding of the case. PHOTO/Kibochi Karanja.

A suspect who is alleged to have defiled 20 children in the Marurui area in Roysambu within Nairobi county has been ordered to have a second mental assessment before facing charges.

Kilunda Lenguyana Mandiji alias Kilunti Mtalii has to undergo the second mental assessment in Mbagathi Hospital after the first report raised issues which restrained the matter from proceeding.

After the arraignment before the Milimani Chief Magistrate Bernard Ochoi two weeks ago, an order was released directing him to undergo mental assessment where he was taken to Mama Lucy hospital.

The report was produced before the same court on Thursday last week indicating that the suspect is fit to take a plea.

The issue against the report was raised by the defence lawyer Sam Nyaribo who argued that no one can tell whether the suspect is fit for trial or not because the doctor prescribed 30 days of medication,

“Your honor if the subject before this court is fit to face charges we would like to know why he was put under medication for a period of 30 days,” Nyaribo submitted.

The lawyer submitted that he could not tell what the medication was about unless the doctor appears in court for an explanation.

The court sermoned the doctor who assessed him to appear in court for explanation of the medication prescribed to him and being fit to face charges.

When the psychiatric doctor Muthoni Muthiga from Mama Lucy Hospital appeared in court virtually last week, she told the court that she assessed the suspect and found him fit to face charges,

“During the assessment I noticed that the suspect is fit to face charges despite having poor judgement and the alleged meningitis he suffered when he was 10 years old,” the doctor said.

She asserted that the suspect alleged to have suffered the disease but he did not prove it with any document according to her report there was no sign of meningitis.

According to the doctor, she concluded that the suspect’s judgement was poor and explained to the magistrate that can be caused by the infection on the brain cells but it does not mean he is not fit to face trial before the court,

Infection on the brain cells can lead to poor judgement but having the same do not mean a person is not fit to face trials in court,” she explained.

The lawyer suggested another assessment be conducted in another government facility for comparison before the suspect is charged.

He further suggested the assessment be done in front of a family member.

In her ruling, the magistrate directed the suspect to be taken to Mbagathi hospital for mental assessment and scheduled the matter for mention on October 29, 2024, when the matter will be mentioned for further directions.