Kakamega Woman Whose Son Was Brutalised By 5 Teachers Breaks Down In Court: "Heri Mngeniua Mimi"

• Caroline Khamali, a teacher and mother, forced a Kakamega got to suspend proceedings after she started crying and wailing in court
• The mother of one questioned why the teachers had to gang up in the staffroom to beat the minor, asking if he had a weapon
• Senior Resident Magistrate Viena Amboko stopped the proceedings, stating that they would resume when she was of a sober mind to testify

Kakamega - A distraught mother forced a court session to be suspended after she got emotional while delivering her testimony.

During the hearing of a case on Tuesday, August 15, in which five teachers are on the spot for beating the lady's son in the genitals while at school.

The five teachers are accused of assaulting the minor in October 2021 after finding him in possession of a mobile phone, leaving him with wounds on his private parts.

Mother gets emotional in court

Caroline Khamali, a teacher, couldn't contain her emotions in court as she broke into loud wails and cried herself to silence.

Khamali questioned, whatever the case was, did the teachers plan to kill her only son, pointing out that one of them was enough to punish him.

The 45-year-old woman got louder when the teachers' lawyers presented her with letters in which her son allegedly repented his misdeeds.

She dismissed the letters presented by lawyer Musa Nandwa, stating that her son couldn't be hurt, and then she was cornered using what she claimed to be fake documents.

"What had a mere 12-year-old child done, that three other men, and one woman would want to take his life? Could a single man not discipline the child? Three men and one woman to kill a child? He fought them, was he armed with a gun? I'd rather they kill me. They wanted to kill my child," she cried out.

Citizen TV reported that the letter that had her signature included an apology by her son repenting to his teachers and mother for stealing and possessing three phones.

Another of the letters also bound the mother not to proceed with the case of the alleged assault beyond the school.

Why court suspended proceedings

Senior Resident Magistrate Viena Amboko stopped Khamali's testimony, arguing that she needed to be emotionally stable before continuing.

She put the lawyers on the spot for their conduct when dealing with witnesses, adding that professional ethics binds them.

"She's emotional and therefore she's too down. I have also taken note of the conduct of the counsels in court," she said.

The hearing was adjourned to Friday, September 22, stating that she believes Khamali would be sober to give her side of the story.

The five teachers, Argedius Lubembe, Adelaide Athaka Majoni, Vincent Kadasia Mbakaya, Victor Andove Achesa and Eglay Lungatso Lilungu, are out on a KSh.200,000 bond.

Form One student dies after alleged beating by teachers

In other news, a Form One boy from Chemase secondary school died after an alleged beating by his teachers over cheating in a physics exam.

Kelvin Kiptanui died on the evening of Friday, March 3, while undergoing treatment at Nandi Hills sub-county hospital after he complained of chest pains.

A report by Citizen TV indicated that two teachers beat the young lad, who joined the school just a few weeks ago, for cheating in the mid-term exams.