Quack doctor James Mugo, popularly known as Mugo wa Wairimu, has been sentenced to 29 years behind bars.
In a court ruling on Monday, November 21, Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Muchemi found Mugo guilty of 10 counts that were brought against him.
Among the 10 counts, the quack doctor was found guilty of running an illegal clinic and drugging patients to abuse them sexually.
In the ruling, the magistrate said that Mugo used his skills to drug his patients before sleeping with them at his clinic.
Further, the clinic that Mugo ran, Prestige Hospital, was found by the court to be running illegally as it was not registered.
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In her ruling, Muchemi said that Mugo was a danger to the society as he used his skills to molest his patients instead of offering treatment.
"He is a danger to the society instead of using the knowledge he says he acquired to improve society he went ahead by purporting to be a gynecologist and administering drugs to them,” she ruled.
Before the ruling, Mugo had asked the court to give him a lenient punishment saying that he had elderly parents who would be traumatized by his imprisonment.
"I have elderly parents who are over 80 years old and went without meals to make sure that their son has a secure future. Seeing their son on TV every day is traumatizing to them," Mugo said.
