A man in Kerugoya, Kirinyaga County is in police custody after he allegedly beat up his 17-year-old son over claims that the teenager was a bhang smoker.
According to the mother of the deceased, her husband, 39-year-old, Simon Mureithi Njeru assaulted their son whom she found unconscious at their home.
She rushed the teenager to Kerugoya Hospital where he was admitted and given medical attention but later on succumbed to the injuries.
The father of the deceased teenager is in police custody awaiting arraignment in court.
In another incident, residents of Kinangop area in Nyandarua County were on Wednesday, June 8 pleasantly shocked after a youthful man surrendred 20,000 rolls of bhang to a church as he turned over a new leaf.
Identified as Stephen Kamau, the former peddler of the drug labelled illegal in Kenya said he does not care about the financial loss he will suffer after he surrendered his stock.
“I have surrendered 20,000 rolls of bhang. I used to sell one roll at Ksh50. It all comes to Ksh1 million. I don’t care about the loss I have suffered by surrendering the bhang,” Kamau told journalists.
The church which later on surrendered the bhang to officers at Nyandarua Police Station congratulated Kamau for his bold decision as locals streamed to the church’s compound to witness the rare happening.