The 3-year-old boy whose eyes were plucked out in Kisii has confessed in courtthat it was his grandmother Rael Mayaka who committed the shocking act.
Sagini was testifying before the court on Friday even though he said the incident was still painful for him to talk about it.
“Yule alinitoa macho, sitaki kuongea kumhusu (She’s the one who removed my eyes, I don’t want to talk about her),” Sagini said then refused to take any more questions from the lawyer.
Sagini’s sister told the court how she and her brother were sent to fetch water from a nearby spring by their grandmother, when her brother went missing.
Sagini was found dumped in a maize plantation farm the following day with his eyes gouged out.
A social worker, told the court that she took in the two children in December for psychosocial support and care as they awaited hearing of the case.
She testified that when she received them, they were both traumatised, but that Sagini was more disturbed and would throw tantrums.
“He could only speak in Ekegusii but through our support, he now speaks some good Swahili. Sagini and his sister looked like they were in a violent environment from some of the behaviour that we witnessed in them,” Ms Karimi said.
