A suspect in the killing of a
commercial sex worker in Nakuru town was arraigned in court on Monday.
Ashton Wachira was charged with the murder of Maureen Wanjiru alias Wahu on the night of January 17 at Freehold estate.
He did not take plea, resident judge Maureen Odero saying he was only to be informed of the criminal charges he is facing.
Wachira, who seemed unfazed,
asked the court to change his name on the charge sheet.
"That is no longer my name. I changed it and I am now a Muslim, so please change it," he said.
Odero ordered a mental check for Wachira at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital and the submission of the report to the court.
Wachira's arraignment follows the killing of several sex workers by a suspected serial killer.
Hundreds of sex workers last Friday and demanded a proper investigation into the murder of Grace Wangari.
The demonstrators asked police to ensure the killer, whom they said was behind the deaths of eight other women, is brought to book.
last Wednesday
evening in a police search for a man suspected to have murdered Wangari.
