Umoja man batters mother for failing to cook 'managu'

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March 19, 2018 5:31 PM

When his father tried to intervene, he also clobbered him.

Alphonce Onyango, a 28 year old man has been arrested and charged in court for allegedly threatening to beat his mother for refusing to buy him a new mobile phone and cooking him his favourite delicacy.

He is facing charges for creating disturbance in Umoja estate, was also said to have demanded to be served managu (African nightshade) and beef by the elderly mother Josphine Okoth who is now the complainant.

According to police records, the mother to the accused was cooking for her family when the accused arrived while drunk and started to demand to be served his favourite dish, ‘managu’with beef and ugali.

Drunk

Reportedly, his mother told him that they had not prepared what he wanted. In a fit of rage, the young man began throwing a tantrum, threatening to blow his nose in the cooking pot to mess whatever she was preparing for super.

Further, the accused was said to have complained that his younger brother has been favoured by the mother and even gifted with a new phone yet he was the eldest and deserved some respect.

The prosecution states that the mother brushed him off that he was already grown up, a statement that irritated him in front of other siblings.

Clobber

For this reason, he began roughing up his mother and threatened to clobber her. Luckily, his sickly father arrived in time and attempted to cool him down. Unfortunately, he turned against his father and beat him up before vanishing.

The parents reported the matter to police who pursued and arrested the culprit. He, however, denied the charges levelled against him, pleading for leniency but he was set free on Sh10, 000 cash bail. The matter is set for hearing on 11th June 2018.

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