I don’t understand what has become of Kenyan men in recent times. The country had not even come to terms with the brutal murder of Sharon Otieno, a seven month pregnant girlfriend of Migori governor Okoth Obado before we were treated to another fiasco involving Joseph Irungu and Monica Kimani.
Joseph Irungu has practically ended the career of his girlfriend Jacque Maribe. So Jacque is in prison because of a boyfriend who was cheating on her with a lady he allegedly slit a throat after stealing her money.
But it seems Githunguri MP Gabriel Kago wants to outdo both Obado and Irungu. The legislator is apparently using his wife as a punching bag. The fact that the wife, Emily Wanjiku is lactating makes this matter even more worrying.
The lawmaker is said to have attacked and brutally injured his wife at their home in Loswan Estate, Kiambu Road on Friday night.
According to sources privy to the incident, Gabriel Kago arrived home in a drunken stupor and descended on the mother of his four kids with kicks and blows.
Family sources claim that the first-time lawmaker was angered when his wife – who is a medical practitioner, asked him how it was possible she had been treated for an STI three times in under a year despite remaining faithful to him.
“Kago called our mother at around 3 am and told her that we should go for ‘the malaya (prostitute) in his house referring to my sister or else we go pick her dead body in the morning,” a brother to the victim is quoted.
“By the time I arrived to rescue my sister, she was hiding in the servants quarter. He attacked her using an ironing box causing serious injuries all over the body,” he added.
Wanjiku’s family further alleges that this is not the first time the MP had assaulted her and she has on several occasions been forced to seek asylum with her family.
Wanjiku has since recorded a statement with the police and obtained a P3 form indicating that she sustained injuries on several parts including the neck, scalp, thighs, upper back and pain while swallowing.
The medical report also cites kicks, an iron box and blunt object as some of the objects used in the assault.
It is not clear why police have not taken action against Kago yet they were so quick to sentence Denis Nzomo to 12 years in prison after a video of him assaulting his wife went viral in August.
In the judgment, Mwaniki noted that cases of domestic violence have been on the rise so Nzomo’s will serve as a lesson to couples.
“During his term in prison, the accused will receive guidance and counseling so that he is reformed by the time he goes back to the society,” Mwaniki said.
A report tabled by the prosecution stated that the man has a history of harassing and assaulting his relatives.
The court heard that eight years ago, he assaulted Mwende after she opposed his plan to marry a second wife. He attacked his father four years later.