Eight donkeys have been found slaughtered in a bush in Kabuku, Limuru district, Kiambu county. Donkey owners say criminals are breaking into their homes and driving the donkeys out at night. Among those found yesterday, three belonged to 20-year-old Wilson Karanja who is the sole breadwinner in his home.
Karanja said the thieves broke into his home but he did not hear any commotion outside as donkeys rarely make noise at night. “I think I was deep asleep when they broke in the homestead. But as usual, I woke up at 4am and headed to the shed. A look at the door told me that my donkeys had been stolen as the door hinges and the door chain had been cut,” said Karanja.
He said that he woke his neighbours who searched for the donkeys to no avail. They later received a message that some donkeys had been found slaughtered at Kabuku. They went there and found the eight dead donkeys, five whose owners are yet to be known. Karanja narrated that two of the donkeys were pregnant and he was they were expecting in three months tome.
He said that the male has been very helpful especially during the time the others are expecting. “Two of the donkeys were pregnant and I was expecting for the babies in a three months time. I have been using the male but now I have been left with only a foal which would take a couple of years before gaining strength to be put to work. I am concerned that the colt is only feeding on milk and only uses that of a donkey not a cow. So it might be hard fro it to make it,” said Karanja.
Karanja said that his wife gave birth to their first born baby boy a month ago and had high hopes that he would work hard to win their bread and later put up a business for her in Limuru textile market. He said that he has now been left with nowhere nor anyone to turn to. “We just received a blessings of a baby boy and I have no work because what was my hope is now gone. I have no one to turn to but God would always avenge for us,” he said as tears welled his eyes.
Karanja is among many youths in the district who have been rendered hopeless. Donkeys in Limuru are used in the transport business. The owners are calling on the police to tighten security in the villages to curb the menace.
Source: NAIROBI STAR
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