BY IRENE ONYANGO.
A Nairobi court has ordered alleged fake medical doctor to appear in court to plead to charges once cleared by a mental facility.
Milimani Principal Magistrate Gilbert Shikwe ordered Jared Omondi Ochiko to appear to plead to charges once cleared by a mental health facility where his lawyer claimed he is admitted.
He is facing charges of posing as a Medical doctor in the Eastlands has been admitted to a mental facility until further notice pending his arraignment court.
Ochiko, a man who was parading himself as a Medical Doctor and giving drug prescriptions in Umoja estate bas been admitted at Mathare Mental Hospital.
It is alleged that Ochiko, on 26th September this year at Eastlands Pathogenix Laboratory in Umoja, knowingly offered consultation, drug prescription, and sick off from duties without having been registered by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council.
Ochiko is also accused of knowingly using premises that are not registered by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and dentists Council namely Eastlands Pathogenix, Eastlands Pathology centre, Eastlands Medical Clinic, Eastlands Medical & Laboratory and dental Centre, Eastlands pathology and Dental Services and Eastlands Medical Centre.
He is also to be charged of knowingly using the title of a “Doctor ” without holding a Medical degree or being registered by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and dentists Council.
The court ruled that the intended accused person to be arraigned in court after clearance from the doctor on his mental status.
