Relatives: Man in Ndia MP Stephen Ngare panga attack had mental condition

Robert Muchoki Kamau rushes with a panga towards the dias where Ndia MP Stephen Ngari was just getting into Ngando primary school in Ndia in Kirinyaga. (Photo: Munene Kamau)

Robert Muchoki, the man who attempted to slash Ndia MP Stephen Ngare at a school function had lived with a mental condition since 1996, his immediate family members have said.

His older brother David Kiberenge said he realised Muchoki was mentally sick when he joined him in Mombasa in 1996.