KOT Calls for Arrest of Men Filmed Flogging Women for Shoplifting
Netizens are now calling for the arrest of two men who were filmed flogging two women accused of shoplifting at a supermarket in Uganda.
Christine Juma 
From the viral video seen by this publication, the two men can be seen thoroughly flogging the women as they cry uncontrollably for help. Apparently what they stole from the stores cant be seen in the video.
The incident has been blamed to be asign of hunger being experienced in the country.
The two women being beaten at a supermarket in Uganda.
"That's a sign of hunger, no need to hit them, just hit the government hopefully its responsible for the no, no enough food in the country". Stated one fan.
Internet users argued that it was improper for the guys in the film to impose their own rules; instead, they should have detained the women and brought them to justice.
"Looks like a punishment (which is definitely unlawful)
but boiling below is gender-based violence".
"Sorry to them..they probably need help with a start-up business. You could find they are struggling to look for support for their babies, being single mothers".
The two women being beaten at a supermarket in Uganda.
One fan added that the women were innocent until proven guilty.
"My problem with this is why usurp the duties of law enforcement? Arrest and handover. Remember the principle of innocent until proven guilty".Stated at peace.
"The shoplifting is condemned with the strongest terms possible but the flogging shouldn't be mett3d on those women. There are so many legal frames that are supposed to be applied in such circumstances and those guys flogging those shoplifters should face the law too".added peter Kigen.
@pmukasaofficial But they shouldn't have flogged them in that manner,its so dehumanizing moreover these are mothers...there are better punishment they could have applied other than flogging them,its absurd & absolutely very wrong
— Dr Mercy Ampaire???????? (@MercyAmpaire1) July 26, 2022
In Kenya on April April 10, 2022, at Naivas Supermarket located at Development House, Moi avenue in Nairobi a shoplifter Alvin Linus Chivondo stole five kilograms of Daawat long grain rice, 500 grams of American gourmet honey, and 500 grams of Fahari ya Kenya tea leaves.
He also stole five litres of Fresh Fry cooking oil and two kilograms of Kabras Sugar all worth Sh3,165 being the property of Naivas Kenya limited.
Alvin Linus Chivondo appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Kagendo on April 13, 2022. PHOTO STANDARD
Chivondo was escorted to the Central Police Station, where the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) granted him a pardon in exchange for a commitment not to commit the crime again.
Chivondo said that because he had lost his employment, his actions were motivated by hunger.
He did not mention the job he lost, but he did mention that he had a family and a father who is unemployed and dependent on him.
