Busia: Woman seeks justice after being assaulted by husband

A 42-year-old woman in Busia is seeking justice after her husband allegedly assaulted her on Saturday leaving her with significant injuries.

Metrine Okumu was admitted to the Busia County and Referral Hospital where she is nursing injuries. She claims this is not the first time her husband has assaulted her.

She claimed that her husband and his alleged mistress poured alcohol on her and pounded on her.

“I went to ask him about food, and he was seated down with another lady drinking alcohol. They took the alcohol, poured it on me, and then began to beat me,” she said.

Okumu wants her husband to be arrested and fully prosecuted.

Human Rights activists in Busia have condemned the incident. They claim that the police do not take domestic violence cases seriously.

“The police do not treat the beating of the mothers as serious. But when they see someone beaten up to the point where they are bleeding, and the station where she was being beaten the men were there. No one came to her rescue,” stated one activist.

This incident occurred a day after the world had come together to celebrate International Women’s Day.