A Woman was arrested by Kenyan police after she allegedly burned her nine-year-old son's hands for allegedly stealing 50 Kenyan Shilling (GH$4).
At the moment, Polycarp Otieno Odhul is receiving care at Ndhiwa Sub-County Hospital. It is thought that he stole the cash to purchase food.
Security personnel made the arrest after receiving information from community watchdogs who had spotted bruising on the minor's hands.
The youngster has been starving, according to neighbors who are familiar with the family, ever since the mom married again after the boy's father died
When she was arrested on Tuesday, the woman admitted to authorities that the youngster had stolen even from their neighbors despite numerous warnings.
The woman who sells clothing at Ndhiwa market made the decision to hide her son for over a week following the event, according to area senior chief Cyprian Obonyo.
The Grade Four student, according to the Chief, admitted that his mother tied his hands, doused them with paraffin, and then set them fire.
The boy's hands, he said, had already begun to rot by the time he arrived at the homestead, so he had to rush the two to the police station before the boy could be transferred to the hospital.
The chief stated that the law must be followed despite the boy's mother having a baby who is only three months old.
