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Baby Ethel: 3 detained as pathologists release preliminary report

KBC Journalist Jonathan Muendo who lost his son is comforted by family members during his son’s Ethan Muendo postmortem at Montezuma Monalisa Funeral Home, in Machakos on May 7, 2019.

A Machakos court yesterday allowed the police to detain three Shalom Hospital workers implicated in the death of a seven-month old baby following an alleged morphine overdose.

Senior Resident Magistrate Irene Kahuya ordered the detention of Vincent Njau Nganga, Irene Katete Mutinda and Odhiambo Kennedy who were accused of involvement in administration of the jab on baby Ethel Muendo on Sunday.

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