A family in Tala town, Matungulu sub-county in Machakos is in agony after an unknown woman took away their almost 2-year-old boy.

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Penina Mueni, the boy's mother told Hivisasa that she had gone to fetch water and on coming back at around 11 am her son was missing.

She says that her daughter told her a woman with spectacles took the boy along with her after sending the sister to a nearby hotel to buy chips.

"I had gone to fetch water leaving my daughter and her younger brother at home but on coming home, my son was nowhere to be seen," narrated Mueni.

"My daughter tells me the strange lady offered them soda and gave her sh100 to buy chips but on coming back, the lady had disappeared with her brother," she added.

She said that neighbours didn't suspect the lady even when she was seen cuddling the young boy after buying the kids soda.

"The neighbours told me they thought she was a relative because she sat holding the baby for some minutes before disappearing," she said.

She is now calling on the police to help trace her son citing that when she reported the incident.

" My son Joshua Munyao can't speak fluently. He will be two years in a months time. Whoever has information should come forward so that I can find my son," she pleaded. 

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