HOMA BAY, Kenya July 16 -Two minors aged 6 and 12 were defiled in separate villages in Gwassi South Ward of Homa Bay County, police say
The two who are currently undergoing treatment at Magunga Sub-county Hospital in Suba South were defiled at Ong’ong’o and Seka villages, respectively, by different suspects.
The father of the victim aged 6 and a 42-year-old priest who is accused of defiling the 16-year-old form three girl are both detained at Magunga police station.
Suba Children officer Kepher Otago said the student was admitted at Magunga Sub-county hospital for medical examination.
The clinical officer in charge of Magunga Sub-county Hospital, Richard Ojuok, confirmed that the two minors were examined at the facility and the medical report indicates that they were defiled.
Officials have expressed concerns over increased cases of defilement in the Sub-county.
Other parts of the country have also experienced a surge in such cases.
On July 3, a man accused of defiling and killing a 9-year-old Grade 3 pupil before dumping her body in a river in Kirinyaga County has surrendered to the police.
John Kariuki, a jailbird, surrendered to police at Mwiki police station in Nairobi and was later transferred to Baricho police station where the incident occurred and reported on May 12.
The body of Angel Wangui aged 9, a former pupil at Kagio Catholic school, was retrieved from river Rwamuthambi with physical injuries on the forehead.
In another case on June 28, a guard at Alliance Girls High School was arrested after he was accused of defiling a 16-year-old female student within the school compound.
An identification parade, involving all night guards, was conducted and the victim positively identified the guard.
Another primary school teacher was also on June 27 arrested in Teso North after he was found in a lodging with a 15-year-old student.
According to the Economic Survey 2023, there was a decrease in both rape and defilement cases.
Defilement accounted for 76.8 per cent of the number of persons reported to have committed crimes against morality followed by rape at 11.5 per cent.
Some of the victims were defiled by their fathers, while others by their grandfathers, raising fears that defilement in the family was drastically rising.
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