No ambition is as ugly as the one that involves bloodshed just to get a head in life.Many are working tirelessly in the persuit of bright destinies trusting in their blood sweat where as there are those determined to take the shortest route by any means regardless of the consequences.
In Kenyan headlines currently following family feuds, estate properties and land are taking the trophy for the numerous fallouts with the likes of former vice president Kijana Wamalwa’s family and an elderly who was implicated in defilement case by family just to throw him out of the family inheritance.
In 81-year-old granny from Kihumbuini village of Gatanga Sub-county in Murang’a County has died after being raped and doused in acid in what locals say is as a result of a land dispute.
Lydia Wanjiku Chege was found naked in a coffee farm 500 meters away from her home on Monday morning with acid poured on her chest and bleeding profusely from her private parts where a stick had been inserted after apparently being raped.
When locals found the woman, they dressed her up before calling the police, thinking that she was dead.
But upon realising that she was breathing, they informed the police who took her to Thika Level Five Hospital.
Stephen Ng’ang’a, an elder, said the woman narrated how her attackers raped her and left her for the dead.
According to Mr Ng’ang’a, the woman said she had forgiven her assailants.
“She was very peaceful but had a long standing feud over land with her co-wife and part of her land had been grabbed. We believe there is a connection between her death and the land wrangles,” she said.
Local said dead woman’s son died in similar circumstances and urged the investigative agencies to move with speed and contain the situation to prevent more deaths in the troubled family.