Julius Ogamba Ongera, a 50-year old man who defiled his daughter in Megogo Village, Marani, Kisii country, kenya, has been arrested. He was arrested on Sunday, April 11 by detectives with the directorate of criminal investigation, DCI.
Ongera is accused of luring his daughter into a thicket in a plantation where he committed the indecent action on Saturday, April 3.
The man left the child bleeding and unconscious in the plantation. She was said to have regained her consciousness later and manged to walk home and reported the matter to her mother.
Ongera then threatened his wife if she dared to report the matter to Police.
However, after the minor’s condition worsened, she was rushed to Marani Sub-County hospital by her mother, where nurses found out that she had been raped and immediately contacted DCI officers.
The suspect immediately went into hiding after detectives started looking for him but was soon caught. He was arrested by detectives from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau & their Kisii counterparts, at his hideout in Kongasis, Kiambogo in Nakuru County. He will be arraigned in court tomorrow, to answer to his crimes.” DCI said in a statement.
In a press release, Public Service and Gender Chief Administrative Secretary Linah Jebii Kilimo said she had taken up the matter personally and gotten into contact with the National Government Administration officials and security officers in Kisii County over the matter.
“Girls and women cannot exploit their full potential if they fear for their safety and that it is no longer time to just empathise with victims but implement the law to the letter to ensure that justice is served to all who have suffered.” she stated.
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