A woman is bedridden following a brutal machete attack on her by the husband. Nakilu Alice a mother who doubles as a breadwinner is not only in pain but traumatized by what happened. Lying on a mat under the shed with her children by her side, Nakilu tells the events that culminated in the attack. “I came back from the garden tired when he demanded food I told him we only had flour to make porridge. As I entered the kitchen I sensed he was already annoyed, he walked away quietly to go and drink.” What followed is something Nakilu never expected. “He came back later very drunk and threatened to beat me and I thought he is going to beat me with a stick or slap me as usual but instead he picked a machete. I was terrified, I begged him not to do it but he could not listen, he slashed me with the machete, as I ran out screaming for help, he followed me to make another strike, at that point I fell down unconscious I don’t know what happened next.”

The brother of Nakilu, Angera Samuel rushed to the scene immediately. “He was assaulted here then I also felt very bad too painful I went because blood was just overflowing,” Angera said Ekolu beckoned on the Police to follow up on the suspect but the Police could not help. “They told us that no fuel, they need 50,000 of which we don’t have any we are poor.”. As the Police flipped through the Police Station dairy, it was clear the assault on Nakilu was not reported. Back home, Nakilu was stuck with no proper medication because of financial constraints but if for anything, Nakilu was thankful to her brother Angera Samuel. Angera works through the day making sure boiled water is available with salt added to the water, the massage is done to keep the wound sterilized. this is the treatment the family can afford. The deep injury afflicted on Nakilu was just one of the problems the family battled with. Her father was disabled and unable to walk properly

According to Lokidi Michael, men should learn to reap from where they have sawn. “And you a man who has been drunk you go and disturb your wife and children that I want food. Now food comes from where if I have not given anything for the other one?” Lokidi added that in cases of gender-based violence, the reconciliation process is very vital. “Later reconcile if it is not perennial happenings all the time.” Martin Luther King I said, the injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. The only way justice can be done is when perpetrators of crime like in the case of Nakilu are brought to book.