A Kenyan businessman who allegedly beat up his wife and destroyed her mobile phone after she confronted him for using her car to drive another woman around, was charged with assaulting malicious damage to property.
Mr Polycarp Omondi was charged with unlawfully assaulting and causing actual bodily harm to Ms Rosemary Anyango at her house in Tena Estate, Nairobi on September 18, 2023, contrary to section 251 of the Penal Code.
Mr Omondi was also charged with destruction of property contrary to section. 339 (1) of the Penal Code where he is accused of willfully and maliciously damaging Ms. Anyango’s phone worth Sh57,000.
Ms Anyango was on a public service vehicle (PSV) headed to her husband’s workplace to pick up her car when she saw it on the road.
She alighted from the PSV and hired a bodaboda rider to help her trail her husband because she suspected him of having an affair with another woman.
Mr Omondi drove to a bar in Buruburu estate where he parked.
And Ms. Anyango…
Source: Linda Ikeji
