Police have arrested three suspects after furore on social media following a viral video in which a lady was being whipped together with her son by unidentified men at the time.
In the video which has attracted outrage and condemnation by Kenyans, the lady is heard pleading for help.
The lady later identified as Mama Kwamboka is said to have been protecting his son from the beating before the men turned on her.
In an update by police on Tuesday, April 19, the three suspects who have been identified and arrested are Dedan Kimathi Agan, Enos Odhiambo Osoo, and Lukio Okwiri.
The police said that the three are under arrest and being processed to be arraigned for offence of assault causing actual bodily harm.
Police said they were investigating the matter after the video went viral on social media on Monday.
"A video clip circulating on social media where an old lady and a young man assumed to be her son are being flogged by an unnamed aggressor has been noted by the National Police Service.
"The cruel act victimising the two for whatever reason is unjustified, unlawful and cruel. NPS joins outraged Kenyans in condemning the uncalled brutality against the two," the statement by NPS read.
