An Eldoret court has sentenced a man aged 36 years to fifteen years’ imprisonment for sodomising a teenage boy after intoxicating him.
John Wamwanji is said to have intoxicated the victim aged fifteen years with alcohol before committing the heinous act.
“It is alleged that the accused intoxicated the victim by giving him alcohol & then sodomized him,” the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (ODPP) said.
The prosecution called four witnesses in the matter.
And in Kikuyu, a middle-aged man was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Kikuyu Law Court for defiling a 5-year-old girl.
The prosecution led by Vera Abongo presented 4 witnesses in the case. Abongo persuaded the court that the accused committed the offence of defilement contrary to Section 8(1)(2) of the Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006.
The accused had also been charged with an alternative count of committing an indecent act with a child contrary to Section 11(1) of the Sexual Offences Act.