Papua New Guinea man beats up ex-lover in Kenya, Africa

Ruth Gakii,

A Papua New Guinean man who works with the United Nations in Kenya  has beaten up Ruth Gakii,  his  Kenyan  ex-lover .  The News and Star reports, the man identified as Alphonse Kambu, 47, from Papua New Guinea is a computer programmer in the legal office of the UN Environment Programme in Kenya.

The two had lived together and had a son but separated two years ago.  Kambu attacked  Gakii seriously injuring her on Sunday night at Jacaranda estate as their three-year-old son looked on. She was hospitalised at Nairobi Women’s Hospital.

Ombeta told the Star Kambu went to the hospital on Tuesday morning and tried to enter her room. “Fortunately, the doctors refused to let him in,” Ombeta said on the phone.

“But he was shouting he will ‘deal with’ Gakii once she leaves the hospital.” He said when gender activists arrived, Kambu said there was nothing they could do to him since he worked for the UN.

“I do not deal with the local police,” Ombeta quoted him as saying.

Ombeta said they will go to court. Kambu has not been questioned by police or arrested. He did not answer his phone or respond to text messages.

“The suspect is a foreigner and we must follow protocol for justice to be seen. We are waiting for Gakii’s medical report so we can act,” a senior officer at Kiamumbi police station told the Star.

Gakii reported the assault to Kiamumbi police station where she was given an OB, 59/18/10/2015, before she was taken to hospital. Gakii’s son was being cared for by her friend identified only as Loise.

Alphonse Kambu

However, when Loise was contacted yesterday, she said Kambu had taken the boy from her. Gakii told the Star: “Kambu came back home [on Sunday night] with our three-year-old son and started asking why I do not take care of him. He had been drinking at a bar.”

When she tried to respond, she was beaten, Gakii said. “I realised the baby was also smelling of alcohol and wondered what could have happened when he took him to a park,” she said. “When I asked him about it, he chased me around the house and ordered the maid to take the baby outside.”

Gakii said the househelp closed the door, making it hard for her to escape. She screamed and tried to find out where her son was but passed out.

Later neighbours shouted she should open the door. “I managed to open it after realising Kambu was seated somewhere [probably] trying to figure out how to beat me some more,” Gakii said.

Story and Photo source: News and Star