- A one-year-old and eight-month-old child, Mary Wanjiru, was reportedly killed by her cousin following a sugar cane dispute involving another small child in their home in Nyeri
- The suspect, Linet Wangechi, confessed to throwing the child into the Gura River, which is near a village known as Ngondo, and gave a strange reason as to why she threw the child into the river
- The community called for action against the young woman and also asked for more attention following the increase in cases of violence against children
Nyeri, Kenya: A family in Ngondo Village has been plunged into grief after their daughter was tragically killed by her cousin due to a sugar cane dispute.
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Mary Wanjiru, who was only 20 months old, was left at home in the care of her older cousin, known as Linet Wangeci, who also had a young child of her own.
The children were eating sugarcane, and they quarreled, so when Wangeci’s son reported his mother, the 21-year-old woman reportedly killed Wanjiru.
According to Wanjiru’s mother, Anne Wandaki, she had gone to cut grass for her goats, and when she returned, she did not find her son.
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“I started asking about my son and kept calling him, but he was not there, even after searching for him with the suspect. Wangeci was seen with the child Wanjiru on the day of the incident, and he was the first to post on Facebook about the missing child,” said the mother.
“One witness known as Kangethe said he met Wangeci with the child, and when he asked, he was told he was sleeping. He gave them a cane, and later the cane caused the two children to fight,” he added.
The father of the murdered child, Alexander Muhinja, was surprised by the barbaric act and said that he had never done anything that would lead to such an attack by his nephew.
The Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) arrived and questioned the young woman, where she confessed to killing the child and showed where she hid the body.
How did the Kenyans take the news?
Kipkoech Patrick: “People have become very cruel these days. Maybe it’s jealousy.”
Joyce Muhonja: “Here in Nyeri and the children, there is a problem there. We are tired. Not to get lost, not to kill, right?”
Grace Maina: “Nyeri County, start praying now, we are tired of this news when a child has gone missing, has been found murdered and so on. This must stop.”
Kipkoech Patrick: “People have become very cruel these days. Maybe it’s jealousy I think.”
Armshield Int’l Peace Champions: “People make mistakes and then blame supernatural forces.”
Grace Wanjira Mbungu: “It’s like the devil has moved to Nyeri, there are many incidents of children being killed.”
Nyeri woman kills two children
In another case, a 24-year-old woman from Murang’a killed two children after leaving her husband’s home in Maralal, Samburu.
The woman told her husband that she was going to Murang’a to visit her sick father, but it turned out that the claim was not true.
Before arriving at their home, he stopped at the Mathioya River, where he reportedly threw his children into the river and let them drown.
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