House help from hell or how else would you describe any one, a lady for that matter who is supposed to be tender hearted, doing what she had just done.She fed the five month old baby put under her care with vaginal discharge and mucus.The news is causing great stir in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, and the culprit, Catherine Mukoya Nalianya, 20, has been slammed with five years in jail for child abuse.
According to witnesses, Nalianya would insert her fingers into her private parts, extract discharge and feed it to her employer’s baby.Also, she would remove mucus from her nostrils and fed it to the child.
She was thus, found guilty of the charge of feeding her employer’s five-month-old baby with mucus and vaginal discharge.Court Magistrate, Festus Terer of the Children’s Court condemned Nalianya as inhuman and exhibiting animalistic behaviour.Mr Terer said the convict exposed the baby to serious untreatable diseases. He also said the child was innocent and was forced to gulp and swallow unhealthy discharges.
The accused herein is guilty of child abuse contrary to section 22 1 (a) of the Children’s Act,” Mr Terer, was quoted by Nairobinewsonline as saying.House Help From Hell, Feeds Five-Month Old Baby Vaginal Discharge And…3Prosecutors told the court that Nalianya used to threaten and slap the child when he hesitated to feed on the discharges.
As a result, they recommended a harsh custodial sentence to serve as a lesson to others with such beastly behaviour.“From the evidence tendered before this court, the prosecution has proven beyond reasonable doubt you abused the rights of the child,” ruled Mr Terer.
He dismissed Nalianya’s defence that Ms Nalianya had been framed. The accuse pleaded for leniency, saying she has a three-year-old child who would suffer if she was given a custodial sentence as she is the sole breadwinner.Mr Terer said the offence was serious and Nalianya deserved a custodial sentence. She committed the offence in Fedha Estate, Nairobi, in July 2022. She has 14 days to appeal the sentence.
There were arguments in The Eagle newsroom on why incidences of this nature had become common. Some people were of the opinion that it is because most people maltreat their house helps, while some other people say it is just in the nature of house helps generally. They thus advise hiring house helps, that the woman should stay at home and train her children.