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Kuresoi woman arrested for assaulting son over potato-peeling dispute
24th November, 2025 01:16 PM
Police in Kuresoi North have arrested a woman after she inflicted deep cuts on a 7-year-old boy for failing to peel potatoes for supper.
The 22-year-old woman was nabbed on Sunday, November 22, 2025, after assaulting her son.
Speaking to K24 digital on the phone on Monday, November 24, 2025, Sirikwa location Chief Elijah Cheruiyot said that the assailant arrived at her rented house at Sirikwa centre and found her boy missing.
“She caused four deep cuts on the forehead of the boy, and he had to be rushed to a nearby clinic by neighbours who heard the commotion and responded urgently”, he said.
He said that he went to fetch him at the neighbour’s house and started beating him before locking him inside the house and descending on him mercilessly.
Cheruiyot said that they have coordinated with the children’s officer, Kuresoi North, to handle the situation, including filling out the P3 form, as well as ensuring the safety of the children.
Neighbours who responded to the situation said that the woman became hysterical when they confronted her about why she had used excessive force on the boy.
On his part, the owner of the rental units, Robert Cheruiyot, said that when he checked into the house with neighbours, they found blood on the basin and wondered what the woman was up to.
“She said that she was washing off the blood from the face, but when we checked the basin, it was pure blood, we don’t know whether she was tapping the blood, he said.
The woman is currently at Sirikwa police station, awaiting arraignment in Molo law courts.
This comes amid surging cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) despite numerous campaigns against the vice.
Meanwhile, the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) had voiced concerns over surging incidents of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) in the country, mainly targeting women and young girls.
The violence, according to the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer, Purity Ngina, is manifested through stalking, cyberbullying, sexual harassment, defamation, extortion, and exploitation.
Ngina regretted that TFGBV carried significant health, safety, political, and economic consequences for women and girls, their families and communities, and the society as a whole both in Kenya and across the world.
“As women and girls self-censor to prevent technology-facilitated gender-based violence, their voices are silenced, and in turn democracies suffer,” Ngina warned.
