Jenelyn’s children miss chance to say goodbye to mum

The National Main Stories

AS family, friends and people of Port Moresby bade farewell to mother-of-two Jenelyn Kennedy last Friday, the two who had mattered the most to her were missing – her children.
The Kennedy family had tried at the 11th hour through the National Child and Family Welfare Services to ensure they attended their 19-year-old mother’s funeral.
They instead were kept in the custody of a foreign woman in a hotel in Port Moresby. She refused to release them to the Kennedy family, saying she had been entrusted with their custody temporarily.
Scores of people attended the funeral service at the Rev Sioni Kami Memorial United Church and later watched her laid to rest at the 9-Mile cemetery.
Jenelyn was allegedly beaten for five days until she died on June 23. Her partner Bosip Kaiwi is facing a wilful murder charge and is detained at Bomana Prison after appearing in court last Tuesday. Kaiwi’s case returns to court on July 30.
Her death sparked fresh calls for a firmer and tougher stand by the government, national leaders and organisations against gender-based and family violence. A march and vigil were recently organised in Port Moresby .

11 comments

  • these two little kids should pay their last farewell to their one and only beloved mother before the burial. why is this foreigner keeping the kids in hotel room. the police need to interview this lady why she is keeping or hiding them. this is really heart breaking to Jenelyn.s immediate family if these kids never seen their mother’s burial and not even having farewell to their mother…Very Sad and Heart Breaking!! in the long run Kids will need their only mum…

  • Cry, obviously there are issues of legality involved which you and I and the public at large are not aware of as yet. The circumstances surrounding this will eventually be made clear to us all.

  • Unfortunately, the justice system and institutions in png seem to have more sympathy and respond well with evil doers then those that seek protection. Something is definitely wrong somewhere and it needs immediate fixing,
    It’s disgusting to know that even corporate companies and foreigners are involved in preventing justice to take its cause. Holiday must be desperate for money in order to allow such attention on themselves.
    Can the newspapers report on who these companies and name people, you seem to have a bias approach and not tell the other side of the story. You splashed images of the victim, told her story yet failed to shed light on the actual perpetrator. Why be afraid to protect the evil doer but find it fit to splash the personal details of the victim? Media needs to be more proactive. The story is dying out slowly because we only report on gruesome details.. because it sells papers! Talk about what makes an evil man do the things he does, his environment, upbringing, his associations, his province, his education, his perverted nature so that there is a profile about these sort of human beings. It’s pure evil.. something needs to be done and it needs to be done now. Justice must be served. Don’t forget about all the victims! The murderers are out there on the streets, lurking, dating your daughters, bubus, nieces, nephews and sons, expatriates and nationals. They are all out there protected by other sick peoples, companies and institutions set up to protect us. Do something please!!!

  • Well said Justice for All…..
    I concur with with CRY, that foreign woman must be investigated.
    The Question is:
    How did she took temporary legal custody of the kids? Who is she? And how is she related to the kids?
    Something is not right.
    Who in the legal fraternity gave her the authorization to have temporary custody over the kids?
    Money must be involved.
    Personally, it is a slap on the face to the relatives of late Jenelyn.
    May God judge those evil-doers and may they reap the consequences of all the bad seeds that they sow.
    Nothing will go unnoticed, whatever you sow, you will always reap.

  • Jenelyn Kennedy’s death becoming the most interesting headline for all forms of social media in the country.

    I have 2 questions so someone answer these.
    1. Is Jenelyn resource FOR the country?
    2. Is Janelyn ASSETS to the Country?
    please provide the answer with the reasons.

  • lets say Jenelyn is your daugher, and you can answer that question yourself and let the readers know before we can answer your question.

  • There a lot of other related/ similar cases that don’t make the newspaper front pages, or just pop up as articles for one day and nothing happens after that. My question is that, are dark skinned coloured Papua New Guinean woman lives don’t matter as much compared to a mixed raced woman? Are the woman skin not light toned enough or beautiful enough for their deaths to be on the newspaper front pages for at least 3 weeks?. How about the death of a mother at Baruni ( there was an article in the papers where her death was related to a carjacking gone wrong and the relatives of the dead robber retaliated and killed this woman), where is her justice???? an another one on social media where a female was raped and killed, where is her justice??? these are all forms for violence caused to female and it’s unjust. If we can parade in the streets for one person, how about we parade the streets every day for justice for GBV?
    My personal view, is that, let’s be fair to each other (despite the coloured tones of our skin (dark or light/ mixed raced), weather beautiful or ugly, we are all people of this country and lets help reduce the level of violence in our homes, communities and the nation as a whole.

  • Whatever child welfare or custody surround or concern these two beautiful angels are non of our (“our”referring to we who don’t contribute any form of financial assistance for the kids) shout butt out. If the children are in good hands and their welfare is taken care of, who are we to to demand anything negative.

  • I think the media exaggeration of Jenelyn’s death is right and is vital to safeguard the daughters and mothers of today and tomorrow. it is a scenario for a wake up call for govt, entities, private sector, missions, other organizations and every one of us to WOK BUNGWANTAIM LONG RAUSIM VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.

  • Truly it’s really heart breaking. Why deny the kids to say goodbye to their mom who nurtured and gloomed them up. Wish the kids all the best in their journey.

Comments are closed.