Kenyatta Hospital issues statement after patient dies under unclear circumstances
By Nancy Marende, July 17, 2025A patient has died under unclear circumstances at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) immediately after visiting hours at around 2:00 pm on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
In a statement on Thursday, July 17, 2025, KNH stated that a patient was discovered in a medical ward in blood-soaked beddings and was certified dead after examination.
“We are deeply saddened to confirm an incident regarding the tragic death of a patient at Kenyatta National Hospital. On the afternoon of 17th July 2025, at around 2 pm, immediately after visiting hours, a patient was discovered in a medical ward in blood-soaked beddings. The patient was examined and certified dead,” read the statement in part.
Further, the hospital confirmed the matter has been reported to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and other relevant government security agencies.
“The matter has since been reported to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and other government security agencies,” read the statement.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the patient’s family during this difficult time. We will provide updates as more information is availed.”
The hospital has not disclosed the identity of the deceased or the nature of their medical condition, citing privacy and pending investigations.
Gilbert Kinyua
This comes a few months after the DCI announced that detectives from the homicide investigations team were probing the murder of a patient inside a ward at KNH.
39-year-old Gilbert Kinyua was brutally murdered inside Ward 7B on February 7, 2025, by an unknown assailant.
His lifeless body was found lying on his bed with a slit neck on Friday morning, February 7, 2025.
Kinyua had been admitted to KNH on December 11, 2024, due to a cerebral disorder. Just days short of a month later, his body lay in a pool of blood in a hospital ward, an unlikely murder scene.
In the ward where Gilbert was admitted, another patient was seeking treatment for the same condition. The patient was weak and could not explain anything about what transpired before and after the bizarre incident was reported.
A nurse on duty on the night of the incident told detectives that she conducted a routine check within the ward on Thursday at 3:00 a.m. and all was well.
At 6:00 am. the same day, when she returned to the ward where Gilbert was, she found his lifeless body lying cold on the bed, with a slit neck and blood splattered all over the place.
Detectives from the Homicide Investigations Bureau were notified.
On arrival, detectives recovered a blood-stained kitchen knife that had been thrown onto the ground floor through the window near where Gilbert had been killed.
The detectives were at the crime scene, attempting to reconstruct the events as they retrieved CCTV footage from the surrounding areas.