Inquest ya Jonah Kibet ilifanyika katika mahakama ya Nairobi chini ya magistrate aliyekuwa na jukumu la kuchunguza mazingira ya kifo, si kutoa hukumu ya mwisho ya criminal case.
Media ilitaka kuiita trial ya Wanjiku.
Magistrate alisema siku ya kwanza:
“Daktari Naliaka si mshtakiwa katika inquest hii.
Mashahidi hawatajadili guilt kupitia headlines.”
Wanjiku alikaa karibu na Achieng.
Naserian upande wa familia. Kelvin alikuwa na lawyers wake. Dr. Gichuru alifika akiwa na suti ya navy na uso wa utulivu.
Peter bado alikuwa hajapatikana.
Kwanza, pathologist alieleza kwamba Jonah hakuwa amekufa kwa injuries za ajali.
Michubuko ilikuwa minor.
Kifo kilitokana na substance iliyoingia kwenye mshipa na kusababisha moyo kuvurugika.
Hakutaja kiasi cha kutumiwa na mtu mwingine. Alieleza finding, route inayowezekana na limits.
Syringe iliyopatikana ilikuwa compatible na route, lakini haikuthibitisha nani aliitumia.
Lawyer wa Kelvin akauliza ikiwa Wanjiku alikuwa doctor mwenye access.
“Ndiyo.”
“Na fingerprints?”
“Zilikuwa kwenye wrapper pamoja na za Brian. Stock record inaonyesha wote waliishika kabla.”
Kwa mara ya kwanza, newspaper reporters waliandika sentence nzima.
Faith alitoa testimony kuhusu triage note.
Lawyer wa hospital akasema photocopy inaweza kutengenezwa wakati wowote.
Photocopier log, carbon pressure marks na lab technician witness zikaonyesha note ilikuwepo kabla accusation ya media.
Faith akakiri statement yake ya kwanza iliondoa visit ya Gichuru kwa sababu alikuwa amechoka na lawyer akaiita irrelevant.
“Ulisaini?”
“Ndiyo.”
“Kwa hiyo statement ya leo au ya kwanza ipi ni truth?”
“Ya leo ina correction na sababu.
Court ina zote.”
Magistrate akaandika.
Malik alikuja na diagram ya systems nne.
Hakufanya presentation ya cinema. Aliweka timestamp pairs:
CCTV 2:05 — access 2:12.
CCTV cafeteria 2:13 — M-Pesa 2:20.
CCTV corridor 2:09 — access ya Gichuru 2:16.
Difference: dakika saba.
Lawyer wa Gichuru akauliza ikiwa clock inaweza kuwa wrong kwa amounts tofauti.
“Katika sample zote za kipindi hicho, difference ilikuwa consistent ndani ya sekunde chache.”
“Una guarantee?”
“Engineering haitumii guarantee ya maneno.
Nimeleta logs, test na error margin.”
Kisha forensic IT officer akaonyesha medication record.
Clinical time 2:13.
Commit time 2:20:43.
Admin override.
Terminal ADM-04.
Email forwarding.
Password reset.
Security maintenance mode.
Gichuru’s lawyer akasema mtu yeyote mwenye access angeweza kutumia office.
Officer akakubali.
“Log inathibitisha terminal na accounts.
Identification ya user inahitaji evidence nyingine.”
Ruth Wekesa akaeleza access card, phone calls, PBX na witness sequence.
Gichuru aliingia Room 13 2:16, akatoka 2:18, akaingia administrative block 2:19.
Record ika-commit 2:20.
Peter alionekana service corridor.
Brian alimtoa Faith kwa call iliyotoka office ya Gichuru.
Brian akapanda witness box.
Alikiri false statement.
Court room ikawa kimya.
“Dr. Naliaka hakuniambia dawa,” alisema.
“Nilisema hivyo baada Dr. Gichuru kuniambia record tayari inaonyesha na lazima nilinde institution.”
“Umepewa deal?” lawyer akauliza.
“Prosecutor ameniambia cooperation itazingatiwa, lakini false statement bado iko kwa medical board.”
“Unaongea ili kujiokoa.”
“Ndiyo, nataka kujiokoa.
Ndiyo maana msitumie maneno yangu peke yake.
Tumia call log, lab record na camera.”
Faith alimtazama Brian kwa muda, kisha akarudisha macho mbele.
Naserian alitoa emails za Jonah, board minutes na memory card.
Lawyer wa Kelvin alisema baba yake alikuwa confused na alikuwa anataka kumwondoa mwana wake kwa sababu ya family conflict.
Naserian akasema:
“Conflict ya familia haibadilishi serial numbers.”
Kelvin alipotoa testimony, alisema Northline ownership records ni coincidence ya nominees na Kibo payments ni legitimate.
Prosecutor wa inquest akaonyesha bank instructions zenye approval yake.
Kelvin akasema signature inaweza kuwa electronic routine.
“Routine ya shilingi milioni?” magistrate akauliza.
Dr. Gichuru alikataa maswali fulani kwa ushauri wa lawyer kwa sababu criminal investigation ilikuwa active.
Mahakama haikumlazimisha ajishtaki, lakini refusal iliandikwa.
Alikubali kutumia admin override baada death.
“Kwa nini uliandika 2:13?” magistrate akauliza.
“Nilitumia time ya clinical.”
“Source?”
“Loose note.”
“Note iko wapi?”
“Ilipotea.”
“Nurse aliandika?”
“Sikumbuki.”
“Uliwasiliana na Dr. Naliaka?”
“Kwa internal means.”
Hakuna log.
Inquest haikutoa arrest kwa makofi.
Baada wiki mbili, magistrate alitoa finding ya awali:
- Jonah alikufa kwa unlawful administration ya substance hospitalini; - official medication record ilikuwa falsified; - timeline ya hospital ilikuwa materially misleading kwa dakika saba; - evidence ilionyesha coordinated acts kabla ajali na hospitalini; - police na prosecutor waendelee na charges dhidi ya watu ambao evidence inatosha; - hakuna basis ya kuendelea kutaja Wanjiku kama mtu aliyetoa dawa.
Wanjiku alisoma line ya mwisho bila kuamini.
Haikuwa acquittal ya trial kwa sababu hakuwahi kushtakiwa.
Ilikuwa correction ya official record.
Medical board ilipokea finding na ikafungua review ya suspension yake.
Nje ya court, reporter alimwuliza:
“Unajisikia umeshinda?”
Wanjiku alisema, “Mtu amekufa.
Wengine walikufa kabla yake.
Record moja imesahihishwa.
Kazi haijaisha.”
Usiku huo, Ruth alipiga simu.
Peter Mwangi amekamatwa Busia akijaribu kuvuka border kwa documents za mtu mwingine.
Kwenye bag yake kulikuwa na prepaid phone.
Message moja iliyobaki:
**Seven complete.**
**S record done.**
**K clear road.**
S.
K.
Na seven.
Inquest ilikuwa imeonyesha mfumo.
Peter angeweza kuonyesha dakika za mwisho.
Magistrate alimwita chair wa board ya hospital, si Gichuru pekee.
“Kwa nini executive wa operations alikuwa na uwezo wa clinical override?”
Chair alisema mfumo wa zamani ulihitaji flexibility kwa VIP and emergency billing.
“Kwa nini hakuna alert kwa ordering doctor?”
Vendor feature haikuwa imewashwa.
“Kwa nini?”
Cost.
“Kwa nini security supervisor password ilikuwa kwenye book?”
Emergency convenience.
“Kwa nini clock ticket ilifungwa?”
Priority.
Kila jibu lilikuwa neno la kawaida.
Pamoja, yalitengeneza mazingira ya mauaji.
Magistrate akauliza ikiwa board ilifanya independent review baada death.
Chair alisema walitegemea legal team ya hospital.
“Legal team ilikuwa inamlinda nani?”
“Hospital.”
“Na staff ambao interests zao zilipingana?”
Hakukuwa na counsel tofauti.
Hearing hiyo ilipanua inquest kutoka watu watatu hadi governance.
Haikupunguza criminal responsibility ya Kelvin, Gichuru na Peter.
Iliuliza kwa nini plan yao ilipata milango mingi bila alarm.
Baada finding, Mwangaza board iliahidi reform.
Magistrate akaandika kwamba promise si compliance na akapendekeza regulator afanye audit ya utekelezaji baada miezi sita.
Wanjiku hakutaka press release ya siku moja iwe mwisho.
Alitaka mtu arudi na kuangalia kama password book bado iko kwenye drawer.