A woman has been charged with killing her 3 year-old son after a family conflict.
Linet Makugu was charged with the murder of Raymond Wamukoya on May 10 at Magongo in Changamwe, Mombasa county.
However, Makugu did not plead to the charges until she undergoes medical assessment.
State counsel Alice Ochola filed an application for the suspect to be escorted to Coast general hospital where she will undergo mental tests.
Ochola also asked the court to issue orders for the deputy registrar to appoint an advocate for the suspect.
Judge Dora Chepkwony ordered Makugu to be detained at the Shimo la Tewa women prisons.
According to police reports, the woman, who lives in Mumias, came to visit her husband in Mombasa.
However, she refused to go back, a decision that led to an argument with the husband.
Makugu is said to have demanded for her son to be enrolled in a private school in Mombasa instead of going back to the rural home.
The report further said after the argument with the husband, she threatened to kill herself and the boy.
She allegedly stabbed the boy the following day after the husband had left for work.
A doctors report showed that the boy was cut using a razor blade.
The matter will be mentioned on June 6.