Shot three times, woman lives in fear as thugs roam free

Joy Kanali explains how she was attacked and shot several times by robbers, who are still threatening her at her home in Mlolongo, Machakos County. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

Joy Kanali drags her feet and slumps into a seat where she spends moments groaning in pain at her home in Mlolongo Phase 3. Her home is a solitary one-bedroom house perched on a hill overlooking Mlolongo town.

Medical records show Ms Kanali has a broken pelvic bone, a bruised uterus and a damaged bladder, thanks to an armed robbery that left her with three bullet wounds in her thighs and genitals. An old man is said to have died in the incident that also left another woman critically injured at the height of robberies in Mlolongo, a few months ago.