Pacificah Nyakerario, a 60-year-old woman, linked to the torture of Baby Sagini Junior has been arrested in Nairobi.
The 60-year-old granny is said to have left the village on the very day the child was found dumped in a maize plantation with his eyes gouged out.
The other main suspect Alex Maina Ochogo was arrested and arraigned at Kisii Law Courts.
Police obtained orders to detain him for five more days pending a probe.
Ochogo is reported to have escorted Nyakerario, the mother to the stage on her way to Nairobi on the fateful day.
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Baby Sagini told doctors at the Kisii Eye Hospital that a man with a rope and a torch took him from their home compound where he was playing with other kids.
Sagini’s eye specialist Dr Dan Kiage said the boy is in stable condition, however, there is no way he will regain his eyesight.
Police investigators say Ochogo and his mother Pacifica are suspected to have gouged out Sagini's eyes to be used as a ritual after the two had conspired in December 2021 and killed his (the suspect's) father.
Ochogo appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Christine Ogweno for gouging out the eyes of the three-year-old boy at Ikuruma village in Marani Sub-county, Kisii County.
Prosecutor Hilary Kaino made the miscellaneous application to detain the suspect for five days to enable the police to conclude investigations and also arrest more suspects including the mother of Ochogo.
Kaino told the court that Ochogo was seen escorting his mother to a bus station, who then fled to Nairobi on the day baby Sagini was found in a maize plantation.
Police are investigating a case of attempted murder.
Ogweno ruled that the suspect will be detained at Rioma police station for five days as the police conclude with the investigations.
