A family in Nairobi is seeking answers to the death of their eight-month old baby who was left home with a newly employed a house help.
The shocking incident happened on Wednesday in Umoja 2 estate while the child’s mother had gone to work.
According to Munene Kabiro, an uncle to the deceased, the house help is believed to be in her early 20’s and had been employed a week earlier.
“She was employed last Friday by my sister to take care of baby Stefani Nzisa while my sister is at work,” Mr Munene told Nairobi News.
In Mr Munene’s account, his sister left the little girl in the care of the house help on Wednesday morning as she went to work. She later called and asked her younger sister, who lives in Kayole, to go pick the baby and bring her to work.
When the sister arrived home the house help informed her that the baby was asleep on the sofa. But when the sister tried to lift the baby, her head was loosely held by the neck and she was also foaming from the mouth.
POSTMORTEM REPORT
Before she could call for help, the woman who referred the house help to the family came and told her that the house help had called her to inform her that their was something wrong with the baby.
The woman and the sister rushed the baby to a nearby hospital but were told that the baby was already dead.
When the house help was questioned by the family, she claimed that the baby fell from the seat and hurt her head.
The matter was reported to the nearby Chief’s office and the house help was arrested and locked up at Buruburu Police Station.
According to sources within the family, a postmortem performed on the baby the following day revealed that the baby had been murdered.
The child’s parents, Bancy Wairimu and Alphonso Wambua, are now seeking answers over their baby’s tragic death as the police continue with investigations.
Also arrested was the woman who referred the house help to the family and the two will be will be arraigned in court on Monday to face murder charges.
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