Kwale man questioned for wearing buibui in public

By Tobias Chanji

KWALE, KENYA: Police in Msambweni Sub County in Kwale, are questioning the motive of a man who was wearing a Muslim woman robe (buibui).

At Kingwede Mr. Daudi Ali Bendera was beaten thoroughly by members of public though police came in time and whisked him from their wrath.

“He was seen at around 10.00 in the morning at Farmers Bar in a buibui and beaten by the public after the hotel raised an alarm. He was taken up by police who took him for medication and locked him up at Msambweni police station,” said the area OCPD Jack Ekakoro.

The OCPD said that the 23-year-old is now locked for questioning to establish his motive.

Among the issues that are to be asked he said are reasons for him doing so and his profile but nothing on terrorism or recent kidnappings as such will require a linking.

Elsewhere in Ukunda a similar case was witnessed with a man in a buibui stoned to death by an angry mob at Kona ya Musa.

Confirming the incident Ekakoro said that it was true but the police are yet to establish the circumstances that led to his stoning and insisted that the man was not in a buibui.

“The public refused to give us crucial information that would have identified why he was killed,” stated Ekakoro.

Mahmoud Barroh, a Coordinator with the Msambweni Human Rights Watch however said the deceased had kidnapped a child before a suspicious public engaged him.

“The man was in a buibui and was walking with a crying child before he was questioned by the public who later used all manner of tools to stone him,” explained Barroh.