Man Murders Father Because He Refused to Pay His Mother's Dowry
The Kenyan police has arrested a man from Taita Taveta County, Mombasa for he mercilessly assaulted his 67-year-old father to death for fa...
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The Kenyan police has arrested a man from Taita Taveta County, Mombasa
for he mercilessly assaulted his 67-year-old father to death for failing
to pay his mother’s dowry.
According to Wundanyi OCPD spokesman , Benjamin Muhia, the deceased, Wilmont Mwawasi, was beaten to death by his son after a short argument over unpaid dowry to his mother who died 12 year’s ago.
The OCPD said the suspect killed his father using a hollow metal bar after he (father) failed to explain why he had not honoured their tradition even after pleading with the father several times to do so.
“From our investigations, we have found that the quarrels began when the suspect asked his father why he had not paid the dowry, but investigations are still ongoing to unearth more information,” he said
“We have recovered the metal bar we suspect was used to commit the crime, but we are still looking for more details to determine the motive of the murder,” Inspector Christopher Langat added.
He said preliminary investigations indicate that the suspect claimed that his father had brought bad omen to their family after failing to pay thier late mother's dowry.
“The family of the late mother had been putting pressure on the deceased to pay dowry, so when the son asked his deceased father about it, he (deceased) charged towards him (son) and all hell broke loose,” the officer said.
Ms. Salome Mshai, the deceased’s daughter, witnessed the killing.
“He came home drunk and when my brother asked him about the dowry, he charged towards him, slapped and kicked him. I tried to separate them but my father insisted on disciplining him,” she said.
She said that it was after 30 minutes of physical fight that her father attacked his brother with the metal bar first but luckily for him, he was able to get hold of the weapon and repeatedly hit the deceased in the head.
She said their father was to blame for what had happened because he was the one who picked up a fight when he was softly asked what he was thinking about the dowry.
According to her, the consequences of unpaid dowry had started manifesting in their family as his younger brothers were getting mad while some had their blessings blocked.
“In our tradition, failing to pay dowry has negative consequences. These are what we had started witnessing that forced my brother to approach him to address the issue,” she said.
According to Wundanyi OCPD spokesman , Benjamin Muhia, the deceased, Wilmont Mwawasi, was beaten to death by his son after a short argument over unpaid dowry to his mother who died 12 year’s ago.
The OCPD said the suspect killed his father using a hollow metal bar after he (father) failed to explain why he had not honoured their tradition even after pleading with the father several times to do so.
“From our investigations, we have found that the quarrels began when the suspect asked his father why he had not paid the dowry, but investigations are still ongoing to unearth more information,” he said
“We have recovered the metal bar we suspect was used to commit the crime, but we are still looking for more details to determine the motive of the murder,” Inspector Christopher Langat added.
He said preliminary investigations indicate that the suspect claimed that his father had brought bad omen to their family after failing to pay thier late mother's dowry.
“The family of the late mother had been putting pressure on the deceased to pay dowry, so when the son asked his deceased father about it, he (deceased) charged towards him (son) and all hell broke loose,” the officer said.
Ms. Salome Mshai, the deceased’s daughter, witnessed the killing.
“He came home drunk and when my brother asked him about the dowry, he charged towards him, slapped and kicked him. I tried to separate them but my father insisted on disciplining him,” she said.
She said that it was after 30 minutes of physical fight that her father attacked his brother with the metal bar first but luckily for him, he was able to get hold of the weapon and repeatedly hit the deceased in the head.
She said their father was to blame for what had happened because he was the one who picked up a fight when he was softly asked what he was thinking about the dowry.
According to her, the consequences of unpaid dowry had started manifesting in their family as his younger brothers were getting mad while some had their blessings blocked.
“In our tradition, failing to pay dowry has negative consequences. These are what we had started witnessing that forced my brother to approach him to address the issue,” she said.
