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Unenforced court decision leaves woman who lost limbs in domestic violence languish in poverty

Judith Muendi at a stall in Emali, on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway. [Photo: Stephen Nzioka/Standard]

Judith Muendi is still trying to pick up the pieces of her life three years after her husband cut off her hands and leg in Makueni County.

Muendi has tried to move on after the perpetrator, Reuben Kivuva alias Cameroon, was sentenced to life imprisonment, but delay in implementing a court ruling has been an impediment.

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