A case against a driver who caused the accident that killed former Kitui mayor Martha Mwangangi has stalled due to the ongoing doctors strike.
This is after the court ordered for a psychiatric to be done on Philip Isika, who was driving a fire engine that crushed Mwangangi to death during a protest in Kitu last month.
Isika was to undergo a mental test to ascertain whether he was fit to stand trial.
Prosecutor Martin Wanjala on Thursday told Kitui Principal Magistrate Esther Boke that the test had not been carried out because there aren’t doctors on duty to perform the test.
Boke ordered that the suspect be taken to Matahari mental hospital once doctors resumed wok.
the prosecution has concluded investigations into the case and referred murder charges against the Tito.
Mwangangi was on the 16th of December 2016 crushed to death after protests against the demolition of kiosks in Kitui town turned tragic.
Tito was trying to scare away the protesters, who had threatened to torch a county vehicle outside the Kitui Central Police Station, when he ran over Mwangangi, according to eyewitnesses.
Boke directed that the case be mentioned again on January 26 for submission of the psychiatric assessment report.