A family in Mukimbi village, Embu County, is seeking justice after their kin was beaten to death for failing to foot a Ksh.3,000 bill accumulated during a drinking spree.
The deceased, 25-year-old Tom Musyoki, is said to have met his demise at a bar in Kangaru market on Monday night.
The deceased’s mother, Jecinta Matheka, said she was called at around 11pm on the aforementioned date and informed that her son was receiving a beating at the bar.
Matheka intimated that upon arriving, she pleaded with bartenders who were beating Musyoki and his two friends to release them, promising to raise the bill.
She stated that even after paying Ksh.2,000 of the bill, the bartenders still continued beating the boys demanding for the Ksh.1,000 balance.”Nikawaambia mimi ndio mama mtoto, wasimchape tena. Sababu elfu mbili imelipwa, si mngojee hiyo ingine tulipe muachane nao? They didn’t listen to me, they threw me outside and demanded I clear the debt,” she stated.“My neighbour came immediately and gave them Ksh.1,000 and told them to release the young men but they refused and continued to beat them.
The neighbours had to intervene and take them out by force. We clothed them because they were been beaten without clothes.”Ms. Matheka explained that they then rushed the boys to the Kerugoya hospital in Kirinyaga County since Embu health facilities were not working following an ongoing strike.“We took them to hospital but when we were continuing with the process of admission, he died just as he was been processed,” Ms. Matheka said.
The family is seeking justice saying Musyoki and his friends should have been taken to the nearby Kangaru Police Station instead of being subjected to such ruthless beating.
Grace Ngaracu, a fellow area resident, noted that the incident was a reminder of a similar experience which claimed her son’s life two years ago.Ms. Ngaracu said such incidents have been rampant in the area where bar owners resort to beating up young men who do not pay their bills rather than following due course of the law.
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