KIANDUTU MAN IN COURT FOR DEFILING DAUGHTER

 

 Thika Chief Magistrate, Stephen Mbugi has put into remand a man for defiling his six year-old daughter .

The suspect was charged with committing the offence on diverse dates between June 24 and August 17 at Kiandutu slums in Thika.

The man is said to have lured his daughter by buying her a chocolate worth Sh 10 and then later warned her of dire consequences is she ever dared revealing his heinous act to anyone. According to the minor's mother who had gone for a women's meeting on August 17, 2015 , the daughter started experiencing vaginal pains and it’s after a police consultation that the girl agreed to inform the mother.

She was taken to Thika Level Five Hospital on August 18, 2015. The father was later arrested and taken to Kiandutu police station before he was brought to court on Wednesday.

 The hearing was fixed on September 16.

In the same court, a man was charged with infringing a child’s right to education. Joseph Mumu was accused of failing to pay school fees for his daughters aged, 16, 6 and 17 on diverse dates in June and August 2015.

The Magistrate ordered that the accused be remanded in custody after failing to raise Sh35,000 bond with a surety of a similar amount.

The hearing was fixed on September 17, 2015.