Chania Calls for Swift Action Over Increased Killings in Kiambu
By John Kariuki
Renowned psychologist Gladys Chania has urged stakeholders to bring their heads together in a bid to address the fast rising cases of murder in Kiambu county.
In the recent past, the county has witnessed a sudden rise in cases of inexplicable murders, torture and abductions in a scale that has not been witnessed before.
Just another day we had a 15-year old girl admitting on 3 relatives murder in the neighbourhood sub county of Kikuyu.
According to the investigative agency, the form one student confessed to committing the offence within the past one year.
In a confession by the minor at Kikuyu Police station, the suspect confessed to detectives how she murdered her kin aged 15 months, 5 years and 7 years between February and July 2021.
The suspect admitted that she murdered her cousin, who was 20 months old by drowning him in a well in their compound at Gathiga village, Kabete sub county.
Madam Chania Urges, “All these shows that something is amiss in the society and a lot psychosocial interventions need to be carried, very candid research on multifaceted triggers need be done.
According to Madam Chania, some of these emerging cases
Ultimately the community need some help.
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