Investigations into the brutal murder of Gilbert Kinyua have taken a new turn after the National Assembly's Departmental Committee on Health urged investigative agencies to consider his former bedmate as a person of interest in the case.
During a fact-finding mission to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) last Friday, the committee, chaired by Endebess MP Dr Robert Pukose, learned that Kinyua's former bedmate in Ward 7B had been diagnosed with diabetes and convulsions.
Although he had been treated and discharged, he remained at the hospital after his caregivers refused to take him back, citing his disruptive behaviour.
Dr William Sigilai, representing KNH CEO Dr Evanson Kamuri, informed the committee that the patient in question had been discharged at the time of Kinyua's death. "He is an old patient and is homeless.
