The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has requested the Nairobi High Court postpone the plea taking for police officer Godwin Mwashuke Mjomba.
Mjomba is a person of interest in the fatal shooting of Shukri Adan Ibrahim Issaka in the Mukuru area within Nairobi County.
Appearing before Makadara High Court Judge Martin Muya on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, the prosecution told the court the officer has not yet undergone a mental assessment.
The court heard that the officer has failed to access the services at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) as ordered by court because there are many pending files for mental assessment at the facility.
The prosecution also told the court that they need one more week to ensure that he undergoes the assessment to ascertain if he is fit to plead to murder charges.
Further, he informed the court that the office of the DPP has escalated the issue to have the officer assessed, and they hope it will be done within seven days.
“My lord, we are hoping all the outstanding mental assessment reports will be done within the next seven days, and in the circumstances, I was praying for an extension of time so that the matter can be mentioned again formally at a later date,” the prosecution submitted to court.
Why has the suspect not been taken for assessment
However, Justice Muya asked the prosecution why the suspect has not been taken for the assessment to any other hospital or at the Mathare Hospital if the files at the KNH are piled up.
In his response the prosecutor said that they are looking for other hospital options for them to present the suspects for the mental tests.
“We had a meeting with the person in charge of the remand home. We are also exploring whether we can take some of them to Mama Lucy for the same assessment. There is a bit of a logistic itch when it comes to Mathare,” the prosecution told the court.
“My lord, we undertake that we will have done it in the next one week; all the pending files will be worked on,” the State told the court.
