A police officer was on Friday arraigned at the Kibera law Courts for assaulting his pregnant wife Alice Karimi Nyaga and causing her bodily harm.
Ernest Raiji Muriungi on the 21st of October 2021 at Lang’ata Women Prison in Lang’ata sub county within Nairobi County, came home drunk and assaulted the complainant who is also his wife, Alice Karimi Nyaga.
The complainant was three months pregnant.
She started bleeding and was rushed to the nearest hospital where the doctor said that that she had gotten an “incomplete miscarriage”.
Ernest was arrested by the Prison Officers and taken to Langata Police Station while his wife was transferred to Kenyatta National Hospital for further medical assessment.
He was released on a bond of shs 100,000 and a cash bail of shs 20,000.
Investigations are ongoing and the case is set to be heard on a later date.