Irene Mbithe (Left) confesses to murdering her own baby
A devilish woman has murdered sleep after she killed her only child
and ate his tongue. The woman confessed that she was instructed to
execute the bizarre act by her prophetess. She ate the toddler's tongue
and threatened to devour his intestines. The incident happened in Kenya.
Below is how The Nairobian reported it:
Irene Mbithe, believed to be a staunch follower of a controversial city prophetess says she was ‘instructed’ by her to offer human sacrifice on February 22, 2016 or face unforeseen consequences.
When shocked dwellers of Kwa Nguruwe slum, a settlement that’s
known for rearing of pigs and which is tucked between Kayole and Saika
estates, intervened, it was too late -Mbithe, 32, had already snuffed
the life out of an innocent Brian Kibet Kipng’etich.
Before Kibet took his last breath, Mbithe allegedly sucked blood
from the fresh wound where she had cut off the boy’s tongue. This is
according to Peris Njeri, the slum’s community policing chairwoman.
Mbithe, who lives in Umoja estate with her husband, had arrived at
the slum the previous day to visit her friend, 22-year-old Christine
Muthama. Her husband was on safari.
On the fateful night, neighbours recall hearing commotions from
Christine’s house. Mbithe was praying at the top of her voice while
exorcising demons. In unrestrained frenzy, she allegedly broke some of
the household items.
It is reported that Christine held Kibet, shielding him from his
mother who had lapsed into fits of convulsions until 3am when she killed
the boy and ate his body parts.
In the house, several stamped cards belonging to God Great Gateway Ministries were found.
When contacted, Jane Agaki, a preacher at God Great Gateway
Ministries said that she knew the two but Mbithe quit the church
sometimes last year after alleged fall out with her husband.
“I know the two are related, Catherine is still Church member
but Mbithe left the Church sometimes back. I heard that she parted ways
with her husband” she told The Nairobian on phone.
Agaki said the church, located off Kangudo Road registers all its members who are issued with membership cards.
However, Mbithe claimed she was obeying an order by a different
city prophetess who was previously jailed for duping her followers about
miracle cures. “Mbithe claimed she had been instructed by the prophetess to kill the son and husband as a sacrifice,” said a source close to the prophetess
“Alikua aki ruka ruka akisema anatoa mapepo (she was jumping all over the place claiming she was possessed by demons),” said
the source who claims they rushed to report the matter to police, but
the child was dead by the time they returned, his intestines spilling
out from his backside.
“Akanza kuitisha ugali akule na hiyo mara (she asked for ugali to eat the boy’s intestines),” said
Peris. The intestines had been placed in a plastic container on the
floor where items were strewn allover. Unfazed, and probably coming to
her senses after reality struck her, Mbithe requested for assistance to
take Kibet to hospital.
It is at this point that neighbours reportedly turned hostile and
attacked her, but the police arrived just in time to rescue her,
explained the chairwoman.
Mbithe allegedly smashed three mobile phones she had borrowed from
neighbours, claiming she wanted to call the prophetess. She claimed the
preacher ‘cured’ her barrenness through prayers.
“She told us that she had failed to conceive and sought the
help of the seer who prayed for her in Katoloni in Machakos. She
allegedly got pregnant after the prayers, ” added Peris.
She claimed that in return, the prophetess demanded Mbithe to be
contributing Sh10,000 every month to the church. On March 2, Mbithe and
Christine were taken to city mortuary to identify Kibet’s body before a
postmortem.
Mbithe and Christine ware arrested and held in custody at Kayole
Police Station before being arraigned in court on February 25. The
police are still holding the suspects in custody after investigators
asked for more time to complete investigations.
Acting Kayole OCPD Benjamin Rotich said they would be able to
determine if the intestines belonged to the dead child after an autopsy
is carried on the body.
“Mbithe has told us that she was trying to pray for her child
who was suffering from hernia. Though she ate a piece of the tongue, we
are yet to be convinced that she removed the intestines because there
were only traces of blood around the anus. We want to establish whether
the intestines belonged to the boy or an animal,” said Rotich.
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