Lawrence Warunge, who is accused of killing his four family members and a farmhand in Kiambaa, Kiambu County has been declared unfit to stand trial.
Kiambu Law Court made the ruling on Tuesday after a mental assessment test was conducted on the suspect.
The court also freed Warunge's girlfriend Sarah Muthoni who has since turned into a state witness.
Kiambu Chief Magistrate Patricia Gichohi granted the application where Warunge will be held at Gigiri Police Station in Nairobi until March 1st, 2021 when the case will be mentioned.
Warunge is set to be evaluated before a second test is conducted on him to assess if he is fit to stand trial.
The 22-year-old IT student confessed to killing the five people.
According to the autopsy report, all the five victims had died of multiple stab wounds likely inflicted by one person.
Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor said the victims had multiple stab wounds at the chest and cases of blunt force trauma to the head.
The five victims are, his father Nicholas Warunge, his mother Ann Wanjiku, his cousin Maxwell Njenga, his brother Christian Njenga and farmhand James Wambaa.
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