Popular Kenyan socialite responds to allegations of child neglect

Piece by: Peninah Njoki
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A popular Kenyan socialite has responded to allegations that she has abandoned her two children and one of them is being treated for physical and sexual abuse.

Speaking exclusively to Mpasho *S (name withheld to protect the child's identity) said,

'It must be a case of mistaken identity.

My kids are fine and I live with them. If you have proof well and good.'

In an interview with Mpasho *Maggie, the sister to the socialite revealed that it's been one and a half years since the mother of two saw her eldest child.

She also abandoned her youngest child who is only 5 months old.

'She and her baby daddy recently had a fallout and she left.

The baby is currently recuperating as she is malnourished. At 5 months she only weighs 2.8kgs.

The doctors were shocked that she is still alive.

She is also suffering from alcohol poisoning, her skin is burnt from the outside, so what her mother has been doing is editing her photos before posting them on Instagram.'

Both kids are from different baby daddies and the family does not know the identity of the man who sired the eldest child.

'We don't know the father to the first child.

we only found out that my sister had abandoned the second child after she had already done so.

She has blocked us.

We have hired a househelp to help take care of the baby as the baby daddy cannot do it alone.

We only know she is alive because we see her posting on social media.'

In photos seen by Mpasho of the eldest child show she is missing a tooth, she has burns on her private parts, and on her back. Swelling on her head among other injuries.

Here is the medical report.

The matter has been reported to the relevant authorities. The court case is set for November this year.