Kayole: 2-year-old child dies after parents allegedly beat her for refusing to eat

According to neighbours, the couple started beating the child after she refused to eat on Monday evening. 

The witnesses say the child, who had visible bruises on her body had been rushed to a nearby clinic. She was then referred to Mama Lucy Hospital, but succumbed before reaching the hospital. 

According to the neighbors the woman in the family is the step-mother after the little ones mother died.

“They beat up the child for refusing to eat. It wasn’t the first time they did that,” Gladys Wamboi, the couple’s neighbour said. 

The couple has been detained. Police from the area says they are conducting investigation to a certain the main cause of the death.