My life is in danger, Former TV anchor reveals to the public

Former Ebru Tv anchor Doreen Gatwiri on Tuesday, February 27 told her Facebook and Twitter followers that she fears for her life claiming her husband Mwingi Central MP Gideon Mulyungi assaulted her in a domestic row.

In her long post, the former Swahili news anchor informed the public that she reported the incident at Hardy Police Station after the MP hit her leaving her with injuries at the back of her left ear, her right knee and a serious headache.

Am somewhere in Kileleshwa now for I don’t know of my safety. Being locked up in the bedroom to be beaten is horrifying...— Doreen Gatwiri (@doreengatwiri_) February 27, 2018

Writing this with a lot of fear. My life is in danger. This evening at about 9.50pm my husband MWINGI CENTRAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT GIDEON MULYUNGI assulted me at our Karen Home and I sustained head injuries at the back of my ear resulting to my left ear going numb

— Doreen Gatwiri (@doreengatwiri_) February 27, 2018

Surveys show that Kenyan men still engage in the habit of wife-beating. The researchers said to have interviewed more than 8,000 women in 10,000 households, found 39 percent of married, divorced or separated women aged 15-49 have been physically or sexually abused by their husbands or partners.However, going by the current study, violence against women seems to be on the rise.

Kenyans have been treated to such cases including the shocking act by Controversial political analyst and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s aide, Tony Gachoka who beat his wife at their Kileleshwa home to make space for two young girls he had brought home in early 2017.