KENYAN PS NOMINEE ALLEGEDLY BEAT PREGNANT WIFE WHILE NAKED AFTER BEING SERVED WITH “GITHERI AND SUKUMA”

KENYAN PS NOMINEE ALLEGEDLY BEAT PREGNANT WIFE WHILE NAKED AFTER BEING SERVED WITH “GITHERI AND SUKUMA”

By Chris Ojow

Evelyn Koech narrated to the court how

former husband PS nominee Julius

Korir beat her while she was pregnant

and naked as their children and

workers watched in disbelief three days

to delivery.

The victim informed the court that the

alleged violent ex-husband returned home

one day and asked for food but, before

she could respond, he had already

started beating her.

Nairobi’s Senior Principal Magistrate

Caroline Muthoni Njagi was informed by

the complainant that it was not the

first time the accused Korir had

assaulted her in front of the workers

and their elder child.

The court heard that she was heavily

pregnant with her second child when

Korir who is also a former Devolution

Principal Secretary (PS) descended on

with blows and kicks at their

matrimonial home.

“On the fateful day, I was putting our

child to bed when my husband walked into

the children’s bedroom and shouted ‘Leo

utaniona, iko wapi chakula?’ And before

I answered the accused started slapping

me. I was trying to protect the baby

from the slaps,” she narrated.

She was testifying in the case where

Korir is charged with assaulting her on

September 17, 2020, at Ndalat Road,

Karen, in Nairobi.

“I was naked as the accused tore my

dress into pieces in the process of the

beatings until I screamed for help.

‘Please help, he is killing me,’I was

just holding my tummy protecting my

unborn child not to get a miscarriage.

He was beating me with a “rungu” as the

workers watched mercilessly.They had

been threatened not to intervene. Blood

was all over the floor,” She emotionally

told the court.

However she was relieved and was able

to deliver in three days safely.

” He used to ask for forgiveness after

every beating and I used to forgive him

all the years he would bring several

parties to mediate before

separation.”she said.

The accused was charged with one count

of assault and causing bodily ham where

Julius Korir pleaded not guilty and

freed on a cash bail of 20,000 Kenya

shillings.

The complainant revealed that the

hospital had records of all the assault

cases since she had been going to the

said hospital for long after being

assaulted. She said the doctor took

videos of the injuries using her mobile

phone.

“I was treated and drove to Hardy police

station where I reported the incident,”

She said. And went back to her home

where she continued staying with the

accused for some time before hell come

on earth again.

“Whenever the accused assaulted me from

2015, he used to call colleagues and

pastors to talk to me and settle the

matter”, she told court.

At some sessions the court had to

proceed with the hearing in camera as

videos and photos of injuries inflicted

in her body could not be printed .