A 36-year-old man, Gregory Mwatu Munyao also known as Boniface has been arraigned in court for impregnating his 13-year-old stepdaughter.
Boniface is said to have defiled the girl during the Covid-19 lockdown at their residence in Kasarani, Nairobi.
The Charge against him reads: “You are charged that on diverse dates between March 2020 and June 18, 2020, at Kasarani within Nairobi County, intentionally and unlawfully caused your genital organ to penetrate the genital organs of INI, a child aged 13 years”
The suspect denied the charge when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Gilbert Shikwe of the Millimani Law Courts.
Boniface insisted he did not have any canal knowledge of the young girl saying he only contributed to instilling moral discipline in her.
In his words, “I told my wife to caution our daughter who was class 7 at Kasarani Primary School against coming home late from school”
The suspect also told the court that he paid school fees for his stepdaughter even when she was living with her grandmother before joining them at Kasarani.
Testifying in court, the minor who has since given birth to twins told the court that her father who sneaks into her bedroom, undress her and sleeps with her, always threatens to kill her if she ever disclosed it to her mother
The court was told that the pregnancy was discovered by her mother. It was gathered that the girl’s mother rushed to a nearby pharmacy and bought a pregnancy test kit to confirm her fears.
After the pregnancy confirmation, her 13-year-old daughter confessed everything. The minor was then taken to a nearby hospital and later to Kasarani police station to report the incident.
The judge scheduled the final submission on the case to March 25, 2022.
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