Naivasha woman cuts 5-year-old son with machete for stealing Sh300

By Antony Gitonga

NAIVASHA, KENYA: A five year old minor is admitted in Naivasha district hospital after the mother cut him with a machete for stealing Sh300.

The woman cut the minor over thirty times on various parts of the body.

 Neighbours intervened to save the boy and beat up the mother before she was rescued by area chief. 

According to one of the area residents, the mother of three accused the boy of constantly stealing items from the house.

At the Naivasha police station, the woman blamed the devil saying that her intention was not to injure the minor.

 “I love my son very much and I was just trying to instilling discipline in him and I apologise for the act,” he said.

 Naivasha OCPD Charles Kortok termed the act as beastly saying that the woman would be arraigned in court.

 He said that the minor had injuries inflicted by a sharp object on his head, hands, legs and back.

 “The minor has been taken to hospital where he has been admitted and the woman shall be arraigned in court,” he said.