Death row inmate chops off manhood
A desperate death row inmate at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison cut off his penis when President Uhuru Kenyatta failed to free him and other prisoners as part of the Kenya@50 commemorations.
Francis Karuri, who had served 15 years in prison for robbery with violence, was mopping the floors in the prison's block D had been following the president's speech which was being broadcast live from Kasarani stadium.
Its alleged he castrated himself using a razor blade and continued to mop up the floors until he collapsed from loss of blood. He was discovered an hour later when inmates returned to the cells to see pools of blood leading to one of the cells.
Fearing that some of their colleagues might have had a fight and were lying injured, the inmates following the trail of blood and found Karuri lying unconscious. There was a razor blade next to him. Karuri was admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital in critical condition even as doctors attempted to try and re-attach his severed genital.
Inmates interviewed said Karuri had high hopes of being among those who were to be released yesterday. It has become traditional for thousands of petty criminals and some of those convicted of capital punishment to be released by presidential pardon granted on national days.
The inmates said Karuri had for years been harboring hopes that he would be released and would go ahead to have children of his own.
They said Karuri had become depressed and had for several months been transferred to a section of the prison where inmates with mental problems are held.
"He told other inmates that he had been hoping to be released on presidential pardon but when the President did not mention the release of prisoners, he decided to chop off his manhood because it was useless to him since he cannot have children now," one prison warder who sought anonymity said.
Karuri, who had served 15 years on death row before his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, suffered from a liver ailment.
Last night KNH said the patient arrived in hospital 13 hours after the incident. Attempts to re-attach the organ were abandoned. Hospital spokesman Simon Ithai appealed for blood donation to save Karuri’s life, saying KNH has a shortage of blood.
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