Services in Nakuru Level Five Hospital have been paralysed for the better part of the day on Monday, January 15.
This followed a peaceful demonstration organised by colleagues of departed Dr Laban Kiptoo whose lifeless body was discovered on the premises on Saturday, January 13.
The demonstrators demanded a speedy investigation from detectives to apprehend the killer(s).
Kiptoo’s body was found on Saturday morning at around 7 am by security officers who were on their daily routines.
Laban was working as an intern in the health facility and was attached to the Margaret Kenyatta Mother-Baby Maternity wing.
Events leading to the death of Nakuru Level 5 Hospital doctor
On the eve of his shocking departure, he was on duty and information from his very close friend is that the deceased notified her that he had completed the work roughly 3 hours later. He sent her a WhatsApp message, this time saying he would be attending a rugby game at Nakuru Athletic Club come morning.
“We spoke until 11 pm. I was very tired and therefore I dozed off. I woke up at around 4.45 am and I decided to respond to some of his last messages from the previous night but I got no response. I was worried, but I decided that I would call him later so that we could talk,” said Kiptoo’s close friend, as reported by NTV.
The friend highlighted that Dr Kiptoo had not mentioned anything like hanging out on a Friday night compared to previous Fridays and learnt about the death of Laban through a friend.
“He had not mentioned to me that he would be going out, Friday night as every time he would do, he would tell me. I learnt of his death later on Saturday morning through a friend, that his lifeless body had been found in the trench. I am yet to come to terms with the incident,” his friend pointed out.
Sarah Rono and Johana Rono, Laban’s parents, could not hold back their regrettable beyond retrieval sentiments, saying they really went through a lot to see their son’s dream come reality and they were looking forward to seeing their son giving financial support after settling in a job.
“We have struggled to educate him, we had hopes we would help us after securing a job, but that, however, has been cut short by people He had never felt ill or been hospitalised. He had not disclosed that he was not feeling well,” Kiptoo’s mother Sahara Rono said.
Dr. Titus Ngulungu, the government pathologist, who carried out the postmortem, revealed that Kiptoo lost his life as a result of strangulation.
“As a result of my examination, I formed the option that the cause of the death was asphyxia due to compression of the neck,” Dr Ngulungu said.
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