Two nurses arrested at Ngara Medical Center after assaulting police officer investigating the facility’s licences have been charged.
Jonah Kipsiror Marori and Ephraim Mwaura Karumbi are accused of operating the clinic without licenses and assaulting police officers with acid.
Marori is accused that on 25th November 2024 at Ngara road Medical Centre within Nairobi County, unlawfully did grievous harm to PC Tom Mbuku, Joyce Otieno and PC Moses Lelei causing them actual bodily harm.
The nurses are also facing charges of carrying on the business of a pharmacist in premises not registered by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
In addition, the two are accused of carrying on the business of a pharmacist while not registered as pharmacists by the said board.
Lastly, the duo is facing charges of being in possession of part 1 poisons in an unregistered premises.
The accused persons denied the charges before Senior Principal Magistrate Ben-Mark Ekhubi.
The prosecution told the court that even though they were not opposing the release of the two on bail, they should only be granted bond with surety without the option of cash bail
The court heard that the victims, who are police officers, have chemical burns to the face, hands and ribs.
“We pray the court takes note of the fact that these officers were on duty. It has made the National Police Service (NPS) to question their own safety,” the prosecution said.
Further, the prosecution asked the court to consider the public interest and the complainants in the matter who represent the NPS.
“We pray for stringent bond terms especially for the first accused who is facing the assault counts.”
Through their lawyers, the nurses applied to be released on lenient bail terms.
The defense team told the court that the two are family men with meager income as nurses.
They asked the court to grant them lenient bail terms.
After considering the submissions by the parties, the court granted Marori a bond of Sh 600,000 with one surety of a similar amount.
Karumbi was granted a bond of Sh 300,000 with alternative cash bail of Sh 200,000. He will also be required to provide one contact person.
The case will be mentioned on 16th January for pre-trial.
