A Kenyan woman in Minnesota is currently nursing serious injuries after she was badly beaten by her husband.
The woman identified as
Emily Kwamboka was rushed to Norton Hospital after she was found unconscious. Police in New Brighton City were called to a filling station in the area and found Ms Kwamboka unconscious with multiple facial and neck injuries, according to The Star.
Emily Kwamboka was rushed to Norton Hospital after she was found unconscious. Police in New Brighton City were called to a filling station in the area and found Ms Kwamboka unconscious with multiple facial and neck injuries, according to The Star.
Her husband, Bernard Mogaka Okero, has since been arrested and will face multiple charges related to assault, battery and attempted murder through strangulation.
Okero is still in police custody after relatives and friends failed to raise Sh3.5 million bond. He faces a long jail term if convicted of the offences.
Speaking to the Star, Kwamboka said her husband has been assaulting her and authorities had issued a restraining order against him.
“Since he was restrained not to come near me, he started stalking me from my place of work. I didn’t know he was doing this until all of a sudden someone attacked me as I fuelled my car outside a gas station,” she said.
The mother of two who moved to the US to pursue a nursing career added: “Ever since he became a citizen, he went out of control, attacking me at every opportunity. He drinks excessively and demands money from me failing which, he becomes agitated and violent."
“I fled to Texas, but he followed me there and threatened to kill me if I didn’t cooperate and live with him.”
She said she had stopped at the filling station to refuel her car when her husband arrived and began attacking her.
“I asked him what he wanted but before I could finish, he rained blows on my face and began biting and strangling me. I was unable to scream and next I found myself in hospital with my mum on my bedside.”
Cases of domestic violence among Kenyan immigrants living in the US have been on the rise in recent years.
In March this year, Henry Okong’o, a Kenyan man in New Jersey shot dead his wife, Lydia Okong’o, before turning the gun on himself.
Last year, another Kenyan man in Brooklyn City, Minnesota was charged with second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault after attacking his girlfriend. 45-year-old Samuel Nyaboga allegedly used an axe hit his girlfriend in the head, causing her a head fracture.
What's wrong with Kenyan men in diaspora(USA). Dont they learn from mistakes of others?Many have advised that when things are not going well in the marriage department,just pack,count your losses and move on. And Imight add that if you love yourself, think of the consequences of your actions.Is it really worth to spend even 5 years in jail for a crime you would have avoided?
Finally, marriage is not for everybody. Monsters like this wife beater should not even be allowed to date, after release from jail for aleast 7years.