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Police in Thika town have arrested a 25-year-old woman who allegedly refused to breastfeed her baby unless her husband pays her.
Faith Nyokabi reportedly abandoned her 4-month-old baby at her home in Kiganjo Estate about a week ago and refused to return unless she receives Sh100,000 from her husband, Charles Kiiri.
36-year-old Kirii who is casual labourer said he was informed on August 1st that his wife had fled and left the infant in the house. He rushed home and found the infant under the care of neighbors.
Neighbours said the woman took off immediately the husband left for work leaving the baby alone in the house.
Attempts by Kiiri to plead with her to return home and breastfeed the baby were futile. She told him that her mother had taken her to a local medical facility where a drug was administered on her to dry out the milk.
Nyokabi said she would only return to their home to breastfeed the baby if she gets Sh100,000 from Kiiri in cash. This forced Kiiri to seek help from Thika Children’s Offices.
Thika Children’s officer Lina Mwangi said the woman will be charged with child neglect and denying an infant protection and care contrary to the Children’s Act.
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Does that woman know there are many fertile/healthy women who pay men to impregnate them?This woman should not get back that child and must be restricted to stay 200 km from the baby.She can even poison the baby.Any breastfeeding order by the court should be objected.She should be thrown to a women jail far away from Thika for 10 years.
Charles Kiiri buy baby formula and start feeding your baby with it. Forget about that crazy woman. You can raise you child alone without her. Widowers do it
This kind of behavior is exhibited by women suffering from postpartum depression. She needs help.
Mother-in-Law seems to suffer from Second-hand Postpartum Depression. Both of them need help.
I agree with you may be the woman is going postpartum depression.
This child do not deserve your anger towards your husband, he/she is innocent of whats going btw u, deny your husband what he needs from you not what the baby needs from you period
This is child neglect, abuse/deprivation of basic needs. This woman should not use her baby as a ping pong for their marital problems? What do Kshs. 100 K, has to do with an innocent yet vulnerable baby? This is sad indeed.