A family in Makueni County is demanding justice after their one-and-a-half-year-old child passed away in Kambu Police Station, Makueni County.
Speaking to journalists, the mother of the deceased explained that she had been arrested after a business deal went awry.
However, she elaborated that while being arrested on Wednesday she requested the officer some time to pick up her child’s medicine, a request that the officer denied.
The mother detailed that she had got the medicine for the child the previous night after he fell ill.
She also stated that she was denied the chance to take the child to the hospital upon requesting the officers at the station.
The mother also added that while in the police cells, she was physically assaulted by her being slapped severely.
According to the child’s mother, her child bore the brunt of some of the slaps as they landed on him while he was strapped on her back.
Her narration of events revealed that once she confirmed that the child had lost his life after the altercation, the police released her and forced her out in the dead of the night.
“When I revealed to him that the child had passed on, he forced me out of the station and stated that he would call the OCS who had instructed that I should remain locked in,” she explained.
However, an autopsy is yet to be conducted to determine the cause of death for the child.
A similar mystery death of a suspect in the police cells was witnessed at the Kikopey Police Station, on Tuesday, March 12.
It was reported that the residents of Kikopey allegedly received an autopsy report stating that the suspect died from strangulation.
This prompted them to storm and torch the police station, seeking to avenge the loss of their kin.
