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He is said to have used a er a huge chunk of cash, before switching PRELIMINARY PROBE
off his mobile phone after his wife had trav-
concoction of oral drugs eled to Nairobi leaving him behind with the
and injections to cut short children. Police suspect the two minors might have
On the fateful day, neighbours recalled been injected with lethal drugs.
the lives of the two minors the doctor acting strangely, locking the chil-
dren indoors and denying them a chance to They recovered an assortment of drugs and
by Roy Lumbe play with their friends. syringes at the scene.
@PeopleDailyKe They alleged that they heard a commo- In the children’s bedroom, police recovered
tion at Gakara’s house, prompting them to a sharpened kitchen knife
In a tragic incident, a family dispute knock at the doctor’s, door. Gakara, how-
turned fatal in the upmarket estate of Mli- ever, did not open the door; and all over a
mani in Nakuru county when a doctor alleg- sudden, everything went quiet. public pathologist who is to conduct a post-
edly killed his two children before attempt- Nakuru County (pictured) Police Com- mortem,” said Kiraguri. Family and
ing to take his own life. mander Beatrice Kiraguri said police re- In the children’s bedroom, police recov- mitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at friends of Dr
The gynecologist, identified as James ceived a report at around 9pm on Saturday ered a sharp kitchen knife which, accord- the Nakuru Level Five Hospital will face James Gakara
Gakara, is said to have been opposed to his from neighbours that there had been a ing to a preliminary report, revealed, was to murder charges and attempted suicide. consult with
wife’s decision to travel abroad for further commotion at an apartment. be used to murder the children if the drugs The doctor’s wife is being treated for a pathologist
studies. She said officers from the Central Police failed to work. shock at the Nakuru Level Five Hospital An-
Driven by rage, Gakara is said to have Station went to the apartment, where they The police boss said the doctor had also nex where she was rushed to after learning outside Nakuru
used a concoction of oral drugs and in- forcefully gained entry into the house and injected himself with the same drug, how- of the unfortunate incident. Municipal
jections to cut short the lives of his two found the doctor lying on his bed uncon- ever, the reaction to his body was slow and Neighbours who spoke said they were Mortuary
children, aged three and five, on Saturday scious. The bodies of the children—a boy he was rushed to hospital. shocked by the incident. James Mwathi during the
night. aged and a girl—lay besides the bed. a neighbour, said it was unfortunate to postmortem
Gakara, who is the proprietor of Opti- Kiraguri said they suspect the minors Utmost professionalism eliminate innocent souls because of a fam- of his two
mum Current Health Care, is said to have might have been injected with lethal drugs, She revealed that the doctor, who is now ily dispute. children. PD/
sent home the househelp about a week ago, adding that they also recovered an assort- in stable condition admitted to the offense “I knew him as a reputable doctor who RAPHAEL MUNGE
in what is suspected as part of a plot to carry ment of drugs and syringes at the scene. against his children, saying they are still did everything to take care of his children,
out his heinous act. The officer said they could not immedi- trying to unravel the mystery that led to the what has happened is shocking,” he said.
He is said to have instructed his staff to ately confirm the type of drugs the minors murder. Selena Misenya, a neighbour challenged
cancel his Sunday’s appointments and re- might have been injected or forced to take. Kiraguri confirmed that during the inci- doctors to exercise utmost professionalism
schedule the same to today, saying he was “We suspect that they could have died dent, the wife had travelled to Nairobi and saying it would be impossible for the gov-
to have a family day out with his children. as a result of oral dose or injection but that was called back after the incident. ernment to keep track,of what drugs they
Gakara is also said to have sent his moth- will be subject to the report from the county She said the doctor who is currently ad- own or take home.