Deputy High Court Registrar Rosemary Onkoba ordered the suspects, David Ekai alias Timo (25) and Peter Khalumi (30) to be escorted to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) for mental assessment to establish whether they are mentally fit to stand trial.
She further ordered the two to be held at Eldoret GK remand prison pending their appearance before the duty Judge on January 31, 2024, where they are set to be charged with murder.
The suspects were arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of the Ugandan Olympic athlete who was found in fatally stabbed in his car in Kimumu estate along Eldoret-Iten highway in Uasin Gishu County on December 31, 2024.
At the scene of the crime, officers recovered a knife suspected to have been used in the killing of the 34-year-old athlete, with police indicating that the motive of the incident appeared to have been a robbery.
The suspects are said to have stolen money and a cell phone from the deceased during the tragic incident.
By Cyrus Sholim