Four Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) staff members, including nurses and a support staff, have been acquitted of murder charges related to the death of cancer patient Cosmas Mutunga in 2015. A judge at the Milimani Law Courts found insufficient evidence to link them directly to the brutal murder.

• The judge stated there was no evidence of intent to kill and an unknown third party could have been involved, leading to the acquittal of all four accused.
• Mutunga, 42, was found dead with multiple stab wounds, a broken leg, and one eye gouged out, after being admitted to KNH on November 8, 2015.
• The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) had previously criticized the arrests, suggesting staff were being made scapegoats for security lapses at the hospital.
• The accused were initially released on bail of Ksh 300,000 each in 2016, bringing closure to a case that has lasted over ten years.