A female relative once told me that in government hospitals, when women go to deliver, especially teens and young mothers, they’re slapped around and told demeaning things like “PANUA MIGUU VILE ULIPANUA HIYO SIKU” SLAP…“USITUPIGIE NDURU HAPA, UKIPIGA NDURU YA UTAMU HATUKUWA NA WEWE” SLAP, SLAPPP!!.
I just thought this female relative was exaggerating, coz she has a history of embellishing stories, kumbe…
A woman who was physically abused and left to deliver her baby on the floor of a county hospital in Kenya has been awarded $25,000 (£18,000).
In the landmark ruling, a Bungoma high court judge said Josephine Majani’s rights were violated as she gave birth.
Mrs Majani said nurses had slapped and verbally abused her in 2013 and left her to deliver her baby in full view of the public.
Her ordeal was secretly captured on camera by a hospital intern.
High court judge Abida Aroni said the mother’s rights to health and dignity had been infringed at Bungoma county hospital, around 400km (250 miles) north-west of Nairobi.