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The country was on Sunday evening left in shock after an expose on Citizen TV revealed a horrific case of doctor patient exploitation.
The feature titled 'Doctored Abuse' alleged that Mugo Wairimu, a popular male gynaecologist operating from clinics in Zimmerman and Githurai could be drugging and raping his clients.
In the video, the doctor is seen taking advantage of the sedated patient in his clinic. This coupled with patient accounts claiming abuse has caused a storm among Kenyans.
The doctor declined to speak to the media but took to social media to defend himself, calling it a smear campaign.
In a lengthy Facebook post, Mugo lashes out the media even pointing out that the said media house took a partisan stand in the 2013 elections.
“The media house responsible for this took the most partisan stand in 2013 elections. They are not God and whatever they say is not and will never be gospel truth,” he said.
The doctor calls this attack a culmination of years of scheming to permanently silence him.
“I've fought many wars because of my convictions and I'm determined to take this fight to its logical conclusion,” Mugo continued.
“I challenge my accusers to explain why they had to wait for dozens of episodes to happen before they raised the alarm. Any sane citizen knows that he/she has a legal duty to prevent a felony before it happens. It's an offence under our penal code to FAIL TO PREVENT A FELONY. Why on earth did any sane individual get the time to record dozens of incidents before taking legal action. And why rush to the media instead of to the police?” he concluded.
