A mother of three was yesterday charged in a Mombasa court for burning her daughter’s hands over Sh500. Saumu Said was arrested on Sunday by officers from the Children Welfare department over the assault. She is alleged to have burnt her daughter in December 2012 after her aunt reported that the girl had stolen Sh500. Saumu then disciplined her daughter by binding her with a rope, placed papers on her hand and lit the fire. The child was taken to the hospital a day later, where her mother told the nurses that she fell in a fire while playing. Prosector John Gacheru sought for three days to...
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