Baby Samantha Pendo’s family and Kisumu residents are anxiously awaiting today’s ruling on the inquest into her death. Baby Pendo died in August, 2017 after she was clobbered on the head allegedly by the police in her parents’ Nyalenda slum house. Law Society of Kenya’s Richard Onsongo said the police service was liable since the blunt object used to hit Pendo belonged to the institution. Twenty one witnesses testified, among them Baby Pendo’s parents – Joseph Abaja and Lenser Achieng. Pendo’s mother broke down as she narrated how her baby was clobbered in her hands.“I surrendered because I was holding a baby.

Source: The Star February 13, 2019 21:22 UTC