A clinical officer from Mombasa has been charged with raping a dialysis patient in a private hospital.
According to the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (ODD), the officer, Dias Juma Wabwile, raped the patient on January 31, 2025 at around 5:00 pm at Pandya Hospital in Mombasa.
In a statement on Monday, February 3, 2025, ODPP revealed that Juma was also charged with an alternative charge of an indecent act on the patient contrary to Section II (A) of the Sexual Offences Act, 2007.
“A 31-year-old clinical officer was today charged in a Mombasa court for allegedly raping a dialysis patient in a private hospital. Prosecuting Counsel Martin Mbote told the court that Dias Juma Wabwile intentionally and unlawfully raped the patient on 31st January 2025 at around 0500 hours at Pandya Hospital in Mombasa,” ODPP stated.
“He was also charged with an alternative charge of an indecent act on the patient contrary to Section II (A) of the Sexual Offences Act, 2007.”
The officer pleaded not guilty to charges before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Alex Ithuku and was released on a bond of Ksh500,000 with one surety of a similar amount.
The case will be mentioned on February 17, 2025.
FIDA condemns officer
In a statement on Monday, February 3, 2025, the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA-Kenya) said that according to the survivor’s statement to the police, the medic took advantage of the early morning dialysis sessions to sexually harass the survivor through unconsented sexual conversation, groping, and finally raping.
“The inhuman acts happened from late 2024 to this year. This egregious act violates medical ethics, criminal law, and the fundamental rights of patients to safety and dignity. FIDA-Kenya is disturbed that senior Pandya Memorial Hospital staff repeatedly ignored the survivor’s reports of the doctor’s conduct. Their failure to intervene not only enabled the crime to continue but also showed the hospital’s systemic failure to protect patients from sexual violence,” FIDA stated.
FIDA says that if found guilty, the medic shuld be deregistered as well as the nurses involved.
FIDA says it will file a civil lawsuit against Pandya Memorial Hospital Mombasa and seek compensation for the survivor for gross negligence and failure to protect her.
“Within the next five days, FIDA-Kenya will write to the Health Department in Mombasa, KMPDC, NCK, and the Ministry of Health with specific practice and policy demands to proactively protect all patients from different forms of abuse,” FIDA stated.
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