The nation is in shock after revelations that Susan Njoki, a nurse and founder of Toto Touch organisation, was strangled to death at Chiromo Hospital Group, Braeside branch.
An autopsy conducted by six pathologists confirmed that Njoki was killed approximately four hours after her last meal last on Tuesday, a day after she was admitted to the facility without her consent.
The late Njoki, who had a history of mental health treatment, had alleged on social media that her husband, Alloise Ngure, sent four doctors to inject her and take her to a mental facility against her will.
On Tuesday, her family gathered at Montezuma Monalisa for the postmortem examination conducted by six doctors representing the family, the government, and Chiromo Hospital Group.
Detectives from Kabete Police Station, who are investigating the case, were also at the morgue.
The autopsy lasted over four hours, and when the doctors emerged with the findings, the results were nothing short of shocking.
“Susan died because of what we call manual strangulation. If I put it in normal language, it means kunyongwa kwa shingo…” said family pathologist Dr. P.M. Maturi.
Dr. J.N. Ndungu, a government pathologist, added, “There are features of compression to the neck, and those features are in keeping with manual strangulation. There are also features of lack of oxygen in the blood as a result of neck compression…”
The pathologists confirmed that Njoki died at least four hours after her last meal while admitted at Chiromo Hospital Group’s Braeside branch, where she was reportedly taken against her will by a group of four people.
The late Njoki, who had a history of mental health treatment, had posted on social media that the four individuals were sent by her husband, Alloise Ngure, to pick her up from their Kileleshwa home without her consent.
“As a family, we may decide to do toxicology and other investigations. We are almost satisfied because the intention of collecting her, forcing her to go to the hospital against her will, was there. The instructions were given by the husband, ” Njoki’s brother Ephantus Kamengere noted.
Njoki’s sister, Priscillah Wanjiru, added, “As Kamengere family, tunaweza shukuru sana tukaweza pata justice, mtusaidie kwa sababu tumelose our loving sister.”
With her husband, Ngure, considered a person of interest and the postmortem confirming she was strangled, the family is now calling for justice while simultaneously pursuing legal avenues to proceed with her burial.
“We cannot lose our sister that way and also lose the right to bury. So we will discuss as a family, and we will know how to do it. This is an instruction to Montezuma that nobody has a right to take that body before we decide,” Kamengere noted.
Ngure was arrested by detectives and later released on cash bail last Friday after recording a statement.
Others who have given statements to the police include Dr. Onyancha, the late Njoki’s physician, and nurses from Chiromo Hospital Group’s Braeside branch who interacted with the deceased.
Sources familiar with the investigation reveal that more suspects, some of whom have gone into hiding since last week, are being pursued and are likely to face murder charges.
In a statement Tuesday evening, Chiromo Hospital Group CEO Dr. Vincent Hongo said the facility is fully cooperating with the relevant authorities, has preserved all records, and is supporting the ongoing investigations.
