US-Based Kenyan Man Wanted Over Claims of Burning Girlfriend With Hot Water
The family of a 20-year-old college student is seeking justice after she was allegedly scalded by her Kenyan boyfriend who lives in the United States.
The victim's family has reported the incident to the police and is requesting that Interpol arrest the suspect, Sheldon Ombongi, and bring him back to Kenya to face charges. The family's lawyer Mr Danstan Omari has stated that the Department of Immigration must be involved in the case and they are seeking information about Ombongi's status in the USA. The family is insisting that the US Embassy in Kenya order Ombongi's repatriation to face justice for the assault.
The family of the victim from Mosocho in Kitutu Chache Constituency is calling for the United States Embassy in Kenya to extradite the Kenyan national from Minnesota to be brought to justice for an alleged assault. The young woman, Mercy Momanyi, suffered from second-degree burns on her chest, legs, and face. She was hospitalized for three weeks in a private hospital in Kisii town but has now been discharged to recover at home. Apparently, her US boyfriend assaulted her after a disagreement. The young woman claims that he allegedly burnt her with boiling water and has since vanished.
The police are currently investigating an alleged assault that occurred after a disagreement between the lovers. The boyfriend allegedly burned his mother when she intervened, after which he escaped to the US. Mercy provided details about the assault in a statement saying that she is 20 years old and was hit by Sheldon Ombongi after she brought up a topic he did not want to discuss.
She claims that her boyfriend had developed a pattern of attacking her every time he was in Kenya. The second-year Human Resource student at a college in Embu disclosed that she cannot go back to college due to the fact that her boyfriend has prevented her from doing so, both by physically forcing her to stay and by taking away her important documents.
A human rights advocate in Kisii, Mr. Elijah Anyona, has expressed his denunciation of the incident and made an appeal for the government to take appropriate action. According to the medical professionals at Bosongo Hospital, the victim sustained second-degree burns, which covered 10% of their entire body surface and resulted in her inability to walk or stand. The victim's relatives including her sister Brilliant Momanyi disclose that the family of the assailant have agreed to extend financial assistance provided that the complainant retracts her case. Dorice Aburi, the Kisii Woman Representative has lamented over the increased occurrences of gender-based violence in Kisii and criticized authorities for negligence in protecting victims.
“In the recent past, cases of gender-based violence have been ramped up in this region. Whenever victims run to the police for protection, officers claim that domestic matters are not supposed to be handled by police,” says Ms Aburi.