Women would be enrolled as assassins (as happened to Rajiv Gandhi) or should be the best soldiers if this "don't ever hit a woman rule" was as absolute as @masukuma tries to make it, even in tv and movies where he probably borrowed this 'absolute rule', situations apply when i have seen men resorting to hitting mad women. I have never seen my dad hit my mom and i have never hit a woman and you can take that to the bank. But in this case where Governor (Leading an economy bigger than Burundi) is under siege at his office (State House is also a public office mind you doesn't mean any mad woman can lead a bunch of goons to bulldoze inside because one should never hit her). The proper rule is never hit a LADY! As many have stated here, maybe she grabbed his balls, we could not see that on camera, what would you do if some woman provoked you with shouting at such a difficult time asking "are you a man?" then grabs your balls as bodyguards are watching? Or an armed robber of a woman in your house, what would you do?

I think you need to shut up before I lose my cool!

@muchknow,if that happened,kidero would have said it,or get someone to say it for him.Now there will be enough spin going on,but the governor has suffered amnesia,he said he does not remember slapping anyone.

I hope his amnesia trick works, he should never admit to hitting her, leave that to his lawyers, i am desparate to see this city cleaned up both physically and corruption wise (kanjo and police are the dirtiest Kenyan organizations) and i am convinced he is the best man for the job and so are the chinese, kina gakuo and waititu are many steps backwards,we in Africa have our fare share of problems with social aspects such as handling ourselves (Shebesh included) but kidero is dealing with curing this problem and shebesh is interfering playing dirty poly-tricks, self interest, she is deeply entrenched in the kanjo rot through her dad, i know her drunkie brother has been on that ghost payroll of kanjo for years as "legal officer" and i don't know what else, she was sent to cover the dirt by the dirtiest Nairobians. Dealing with this dirt is more urgent than the 'politically sought after' slap. As we Africans continue to train ourselves/ play catch-up in decorum! We can call it an "intellectual slap".

my take is, I have no respect for a man who slaps a woman - I would not take it lightly if my son slapped a girl, nor should you.

its plain wrong when a man beats a woman, I don't know why you are bringing in the comparison with the former first lady - I won't comment on that, but I feel very strongly for violence against women.

Forgive my ignorance but who is Shebesh's dad?

Second, we are all able to listen in disbelief as senior Indian males articulate their feelings on the case. There was the “guru” who suggested the girl was to blame for the ferocity of the attack because she resisted it and fought back rather than seeking mercy; there was the senior politician who referred to “painted-dented” women who invite attacks; and let’s not leave out the suspected assailants’ lawyer, who suggested that “respected” women are not raped.

Nathan Kahara who was mayor of Nairobi from 1980 to 1983