Angry women attack an irresponsible cobbler in Marigat

By Paul Marutit and Michael Okomo

The women who sell vegetables at the infamous Marigat market commonly known as moroto, on Wednesday morning descended on a batterer and disciplined him thoroughly. 

The man who also works as a cobbler is alleged to have neglected his responsibilities as a father and turned on the bottle to vent his frustrations. On this material day he beat his wife senselessly attracting the passersby who were heard whispering in low tones that they will administer what the villain will live to remember.

The victim of battery (woman) informed the fellow women who worked with her at the market of her husband’s clandestine behavior and all of them agreed unanimously to teach him a lesson of a lifetime.

The women laid ambush after a tip-off from the estranged wife that he was spotted at a nearby local pub. The man was flushed out to the curious look of bartenders and revelers. Even with their attempt to safe their  drunken fellow was met with a glare as the man was frog marched to the public bus stage by the women where he was insulted and disciplined.

He was also promised unspecified punitive action and forced to vacate the town immediately. To make good their threat, the women went ahead and pulled down the structure which he used to be carrying out his cobbler business and the woman handed the tools of trade.

”We shall be doing this to discipline any man who tries to derail the dignity of women around this stage, we shall never spare anyone,” said Eunice Chepkosgey, one of the grocers. 

“In the past few weeks there have been series of women batterers in the area.” Added Mr. Chepkonga, a resident of Marigat.

 The residents urged those organization and the stakeholders in charge of women and children rights to act before things gets out of hand.