Woman Accused of Killing Mother's Chickens and Threatening Self-Immolation Charged with Disturbing the Peace:
A Kenyan woman who killed her
mother’s four chickens and threatened to set herself and relatives ablaze
following a family dispute was arraigned before Makadara Law Courts for breach
of peace.
Mary Waithera admitted charges
of creating a disturbance in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace
contrary to section 95 (1) of the Penal Code after threatening to burn herself
and her entire family at her mother’s house in Njiru, Nairobi, on November 18,
2023.
Waithera told Senior Principal Magistrate Gerald Mutiso of the Makadara Law Courts that she is remorseful of the incident that happened because she has been depressed after losing her job.
She had returned home drunk and
started a quarrel with her mother while causing chaos.
She is reported to have accused
her mother of losing interest in her personal life since she lost her job in
2020. The accused also reportedly repeated that she feels unloved at the home.
She dismissed her young brother
who intervened, took a matchbox, and went into her room where she threatened to
burn herself.
Her mother and brother pleaded
with her not to set herself ablaze and reported to the police who arrested her.Waithera’s
brother is listed among the witnesses in the case but he will not testify
unless she changes her mind and denies the charges before conviction and
sentencing.
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