Police have been combing Ikuruma village in Kisii County taking statements and searching for answers as baby Sagini begins his recuperation after having his eyeballs gouged out.
The father of Baby Sagini, the grandmother, and the 7-year-old sister all gave police statements on Saturday.
According to Kisii sub-county Police Commander Benjoulife Munuve, they are searching for the two missing eyes as well as the crime scene.
After six hours, Baby Sagini was located in a neighbor’s maize farm.
“Macho hatujapata. Jicho moja ilikuwa imetolewa vibaya, ni kama imekatika…lakini ile ingine imetolewa kwa ustadi sana, and the way the doctors are saying, imetolewa na mtu anajua what he was doing. Sio ajabu ilikua imetolewa looking for organs,” Mr. Munuve said.
DCI and Crime Unit officers deployed to the village after news of the attack are searching for answers and questioning residents.
Police noted that there was no blood where the child was found, leading to the conclusion that baby Sagini’s eyes were likely removed elsewhere before he was left on a neighbour’s farm.
The detectives also visited the Kisii eye hospital to engage the child in their quest for answers on what transpired.
“My officers are still out, they are recording statements from the members of the public and they are giving us fruitful information which may lead to the arrest of the suspect. Huenda by the end of the day we may get a suspect,” the police boss added.
Officers from the DCI and Crime Unit who were sent to the area after hearing about the attack are asking questions of locals and looking for information.
Police came to the conclusion that baby Sagini’s eyes were probably removed elsewhere before he was abandoned on a neighbor’s property because there was no blood where the infant was discovered.
In order to involve the child in their search for information about what happened, the detectives also went to the Kisii eye hospital.
Despite being stable, infant Sagini had been permanently blinded by the incident, according to the doctors.
His initial operation was performed with the intention of treating the wounds, reducing the risk of infection spreading to the rest of his body, and monitoring the wounds.
He will likely have a second procedure to remove debris from his eye socket’s incisions and lower the likelihood that an infection may spread to the rest of his body.
