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Nurses protest arrest of two colleagues over patient’s death

Kenya National Union of Nurses Secretary General Seth Panyako flanked by other union officials speaking in Kisumu [Photo:COLLINS ODUOR/Standard]

Two nurses and a support staff have been arrested over last November's incident in which a patient was murdered in his ward at the Kenyatta National Hospital.

The officials were arrested after the Directorate of Public Prosecutions agreed with police recommendations that they be charged with murder over the mysterious killing of Comas Mutunga, 42, who was a cancer patient. The four were arrested on Friday and Saturday and police said they will take plea tomorrow.

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