Lucy Njuguna (L), the grandmother of 16-month-old Nzuki Mutinda, and her neighbours with the clothes the child wore when he was attacked by the maid. [Photo: The Star]A house help accused of killing a 16-month-old child in Mbauini village, Lari constituency, Kiambu county last week is still on the loose.However, Lari OCPD Isaiah Odhiambo yesterday said police are following reliable information that will help them arrest the house girl for questioning, reports the Star on Thursday.It is alleged that Malep Opisa, 19, hit Nzuki Mutinda with a blunt object on the head at the child’s home last Thursday, left him bleeding on the sofa and fled.Mutinda’s grandmother Lucy Njuguna said Opisa was employed by her daughter Catherine Wanjiru last Monday and she had worked for only three days.My daughter brought her son home from Ruiru town since she didn’t have a househelp to take care of him. When she started looking for a house girl, we were connected to Opisa by a friend. I received her last week on Monday from Kakamega," Njuguna said at her home on Wednesday as quoted by the Star.She adds: "My daughter was planning to come and pick her son and the househelp and take them to Ruiru on Saturday last week."On Thursday, the paper notes, she went to check her farm at 10am and left her grandson with Opisa.Njuguna said before she went back home Wanjiru called to ask whether her husband had come to see Mutinda, since he had told her he would pass by the home.Njuguna told her she had called Opisa but her mobile phone was switched off. So she decided to go home to check on Opisa and Mutinda."On arrival, I called out Opisa, but the girl did not respond. I pushed the door and started screaming. Mutinda had a bloody face and was unconscious. People came and we called a taxi and rushed him to the AIC Kijabe Hospital but died while receiving treatment," Njuguna added as further quoted by the Star.

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