A Kirinyaga mum who dumped her five-day-old infant in a pit latrine in Kathiti, Kirinyaga Central, will be sentenced on Monday. The 23-year-old mother pleaded guilty to charges of attempted murder before a Kerugoya law court on Friday . Phylis Nyakio Wanjira pleaded that on the July 8,2021 at Kagumo market in Kirinyaga county she attempted to cause the death of her infant son by throwing him into a 30-feet latrine. The young mother surrendered at Kerugoya Referral Hospital on Thursday evening where her son was rushed after being rescued by county fire fighters. The child was rescued from a pit latrine used by farm casuals after they heard him crying.

Source: The Star July 10, 2021 08:48 UTC