The High Court seating in Naivasha has ordered that a 12-year-old boy charged with murder be remanded at Engineer police station in Kinangop.
The court further directed on Monday that the minor who is alleged to have stabbed an 11-year-old girl undergoes an age assessment.
This emerged after the minor who is represented by lawyer Francis Irungu Mburu was charged before High Court Judge Christine Meoli with murder.
The composed minor was charged that on the 5th of July 2016 at Kibuyu village in Magumu he murdered Mary Nduta Wairimu.
The judge directed that he be held at the police station in Kinangop until the July 28 when the case will come up for mentioning.
In the court documents, the minor says that some forces directed him to stab the minor whom according to him was his girlfriend.
In a statement to the police, the class three student said that while having intercourse with the deceased, a tall man with a panga and a shiny knife appeared and issued him with the orders.
He said that the stranger directed him to stab the girl several times before he went to the deceased sister and informed her what he had done.
According to the police file, the investigating officer had managed to recover the knife used to kill the girl and a pair of shoes left behind by the fleeing boy.
According to post mortem report, the cause of death was massive blood loss mainly on the chest due to sharp and blunt force.