By RUSHDIE OUDIAMore by this AuthorA chief from Kisumu County has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for repeatedly defiling a 14 year-old girl in Seme-Sub County in 2015. The chief had been charged on June 9, 2015 with defiling the girl, who is an orphan staying with her widowed grandmother. Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphin Okundi found the accused guilty in a case where four prosecution witnesses including the child, her grandmother, a medical officer and the investigations officer testified. The medical officer told the court that after examination, he found that there was evidence of defilement. DISMISSED CLAIMSTwo defence witnesses, who included the accused, dismissed the allegations of indecently touching the minor as mere claims.

Source: Daily Nation February 01, 2018 15:00 UTC