Rumours are in the air in Kenya-Stockholm that a Kenyan national was taken into police custody after beating his ex wife thoroughly following a disagreement. The couple, which got married, made a baby girl before the marriage hit the rocks, had been trying to patch up things for some time but it looks like things turned ugly before the guy pounced on the woman with karate kicks, blows and kung fu kinda acrobatics.
The woman raised the alarm and when police arrived at the scene, the man was allegedly taken into custody. Information about the incident is scarce although the woman-beater is a Kenyan whom one would never think could hurt a fly. On the surface, he looks humble, jolly and harmless and when he decided to “teach the woman a lesson”, Kenyans who are currently dissecting the story were taken aback.
The alleged attack is very paradoxical because the man has been preaching peace and reconciliation among Kenyans in Stockholm. Sources told KSB that the woman escaped with minor injuries and that the couple’s little daughter was taken into child care by the Swedish welfare authorities as the woman was taken in for shock therapy and medical examination.
It is understood that the couple has had a long standing dispute whose details cannot be published and it is known that some Church men from the Bagarmossen Church have been trying to help with reconciliation. After they split sometimes back, it was like it was over but then reconciliation talks led by Kofi Annan of Kenya-Stockholm worked out briefly and they re-united.
They then split again due to unknown reasons and at the time when war erupted, some Kenya-Stockholm channels which have been reporting near the war zone said that the battle took place at the man’s crib after the woman returned briefly.
KSB is currently tuned to “Channel Alby” which appears to be the most updated on the story while a KSB crew is also on the way with sniffer dogs which can detect Kenya-Stockholm rumors from a long distance.
Okoth Osewe
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I still don’t get it how some Kenyan males in Stockholm are still so primitive that they beat women to an extent that police have to be called to help. In this latest case, the victim was an “ex wife” and although questions may be raised as to what the woman was doing at her ex at the time of the beating, the fact that the man turned violent gives his character away as a “wife beater”, an “abuser of women” and an “irresponsible idiot” who does not care about the law here in Europe.
Worst of all, the attacker must be a “primitive male chauvinist” who still thinks and believes that beating women is part of the African culture.
What I don’t understand is why Kenyans in Stockholm are quiet on this brutal act. Does this mean that the community supports brutalization of women or does it mean that the subject is so sensitive for public discussion?
As a woman, my heart obviously goes to the brutalized woman. Even if she was wrong and might have provoked the attack on her that prompted police to be called, the attack itself exposes the man as a beast. These are the kind of men who should be identified and exposed even if it means violating Swedish Press laws.
How can Kenyans in Stockholm fail to condemn such primitivity? Is it because the Kenya Stockholm community is dominated by men or is it because Kenya Stockholm women are pacifists who accept male dominance at all levels. Why are women not speaking up against this backward act by a debased man who must employ his masculinity to show male power?
There are women here who have been calling themselves “feminists”. Where are they and what have they done since this case came up here at KSB? Not even a comment to condemn this serious breach on a woman’s personal security. Those who purport to be fighting for the interest of women and yet they have kept their mouths shut on this latest attack are all hypocrites who need to be crucified, not on the cross but on the court of public opinion.
Pole N.This is an act of brutality,”murimo wa gucoka”(the returnal sickness) and people who had given themselves second chance only to return back where they were once and more violent.
I can assure you Stella that it was to come,the beatings.Many women are living in abusal partnerships,lying to themselves and the surroundings that they are happy while misery,depression and loneliness are eating them up.Our societys desire and expectations is that we women keep calm,vumilia,submit,nyamaza,be happy and obey the male in better and in worse.She has done this and ended up leaving the child to someoneelse.
Stockholms history tells about DAN who beat and even killed his wife making the children motherless ,suffer and at last orphans here in Stockholm.
Primitivity is a good word,but as a woman one should have limits,see signs and have priorities.Lots of women have suffered,been abused in different ways,killed,paralzyed,rejected,taken care of kids all alone,etc.It`s up to us to give up to this kind of males and give in to those who respects and embrasses us with love,modernity and is mature in many ways.
Stella, you have spoken about the true nature of suffering commonly experienced by many Kenya-Stockholm women in the hands of their so-called spouses. It is really sad and appalling that this is still happening widely and no dialogue is used by such men to resolve spousal disputes. More women need to speak up against such callous acts by their male partners.
If this Kenyan man was pissed off with his ex-wife, why did he not just walk out, take some fresh air, then come back home relaxed? He could have called his friends to ease up the inner tension for that moment. I know there are a lot of social pressures we all undergo in Stockholm. However, we need to seek for personal inner peace that we can spread to our spouses.
Meanwhile from our Motherland, a former MP has done a Tyson on his wife. Kenyan wife-batterers, you should do better than this. Women are not punching bags.
“Former Kisumu Town East MP Eric Gor Sunguh was on Tuesday charged with battering his wife of six years. He had been charged with battering Mrs Emmy Ndisi on November 4, this year, at Nairobi’s Mountain View estate. Emmy is the daughter of Finance assistant minister Dr Oburu Oginga.
Police said that Emmy suffered head and facial injuries and was unconscious for three days.”
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/500398/-/yi6egiz/-/index.html
The sad part of this problem is asking the males to change,what about we changing for them to change.When you look back on how women have solved some issues ,eg rights to education and careers,then is just another issue that need to be faced and tackled by women themselves.