A family in Nyamira County is grappling with the painful loss of a 39-year-old father of two who died weeks after he was allegedly assaulted by a government administrator and local security volunteers.
The deceased, a resident of Enchoro Village, succumbed to injuries he sustained in mid-December after an incident involving an assistant chief and Nyumba Kumi members.
According to the family, the attack occurred on December 11 when the victim was heading home with his family.
The assistant chief allegedly flagged them down on suspicion that the man was transporting illicit brew.
What ensued was a brutal encounter that irrevocably altered the family’s life. The widow later described the harrowing sequence of events in a chilling account.
"They hit my husband's leg and he fell down. The Nyumba Kumi youths jumped on him and started beating him," she narrated.
She added that she was not spared from the violence either, claiming the administrator forcibly removed her clothing during the altercation.
Her son, who tried to intervene, was also allegedly attacked.
"The child ran to ask him, 'What are you doing to my mother?' He hit the child's head against a tree," she said.
The assistant chief, however, disputed the family's account, claiming the man had fled the scene and may have sustained injuries elsewhere.
"When I seized the alcohol, the woman tried to pull me a bit, but she removed her clothes, so I let her go. The man had already run away," the administrator stated.
The widow said she reported the matter at Kiambere Police Station, where she was issued with an OB number, adding that the administrator had previously attacked her family.
An autopsy conducted showed the victim died from a skull fracture consistent with blunt force trauma to the head.
The body remains at Nyamira County Morgue as the family continues their quest for justice for the deceased father of two.
