Nairobi, Dec. 1 -- "I will never forgive my ex-husband. He ruined my entire life by chopping off my hand. I now feel like a burden to society, particularly to my mother. I can no longer do anything for myself," says Fridah Nyanga Nguya.

In an interview, the 23-year-old mother of two says the debilitating loss of her right hand during a domestic squabble at her matrimonial home in Mavuno, Lamu West, marked the end of the six-month marriage.

Fridah met 26-year-old Joseph Baya Kwicha in April 2020. By then, she already had two children from a previous relationship. She was working as a hairdresser at a salon within Mpeketoni town, a job that sustained her and her children aged seven and six years.

Joseph, on the other hand, had no job.

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