By CHARLES WANYOROMore by this AuthorA magistrate’s court set free a single mother who was charged with preparing food in unsanitary conditions, after informing the court that she did it to fend for her children. Ms Josey Karendi tearfully told resident magistrate Edward Tsimonjero how she fell victim to a deadbeat dad who abandoned her and her child. Carrying her five-month-old daughter on her back, the woman, who is in her mid-20s, said selling food by the roadside was her only way of earning a living. Ms Karendi explained that she has been forced to start preparing and selling food by a roadside after her boyfriend left on learning she was pregnant. The magistrate said the circumstances that led her to commit the crime were touching and set her free, but urged her to improve hygiene at her place of work.

Source: Daily Nation February 16, 2019 13:41 UTC