Siaya family seeks justice after kin beaten to death as mother, wife watched helplessly

A family in Siaya County is seeking justice after their 39-year-old kin was allegedly attacked and killed by two suspected hired goons in Pap Yamo village.

In the Wednesday incident, the deceased - Alloyce Ochieng Nyapola - is said to have been ambushed and murdered in cold blood at his parents’ home.

According to the family, the two unknown assailants whom they suspect to have been hired confronted Alloyce as he was milking a cow outside his house, and confirmed his identity before assaulting him with blunt objects.

The deceased’s mother, Rosemary Akinyi, recounted how the events unfolded on the fateful day, with the attackers beating her son to death as she begged for his life.

“Nilikuwa napika mahindi nikaskia sauti...kisha nikaona vijana wengine na fimbo. Mmoja akauliza kama yeye ni Alloyce, mmoja akamchapa fimbo. Mimi nikawacha mahindi nikatoka nje,” she recalled.

“Mmoja akanichapa mkono na kusema nikirudi huko wataniua. Nikamwambia, si watu huzungumza… na yule mtoto walipomchapa walimchapa kichwa mpaka ikapasuka damu ikatoka.”

Alloyce attempted to seek refuge inside his house but the attackers pursued him inside, where they met his wife Millicent Adhiambo and also injured her in the process.

“Mtoto alikuwa amelala kwa nyumba nikaanza kuwabembeleza…mmoja akasema, songa huko mama ntakuua! Songa uko tumalizane na huyu mume kwanza! Wakampiga, nikawabembeleza wacha nichukue mtoto wakakubali...mkono ilikuwa imefura singeweza beba ata motto, nilikuwa nimepoteza ata fahamu,” Adhiambo narrated.

The family members are now questioning the extreme violence meted on their kin, and insist that conflicts should be resolved through peaceful dialogue, not bloodshed. 

Sadiq Otieno Nyapola, a first cousin of the deceased, expressed deep regret over the incident saying post-mortem results showed that Alloyce had fractured ribs and heart.

“I was one of the guys who went to post-mortem , tukakutana na DCIO na daktari , postmortem ikafanyika vizuri sana kisa na maana ya kifo ikatambulika...maanake post-moterm ilitoa pale jamaa alipigwa mbavu ikakua raptured…moyo ukapasuka, so definitely inhalation na expiration ikakua shida,” he said.

The grieving family is urging the police to conduct thorough investigations and bring the perpetrators to justice.