Two women have been charged with stealing a newborn baby in Kayole, Nairobi county.
The suspects Felista Wairimu Kahumbi and Lydia Wanjiku Maina, appeared before magistrate Wendi Micheni and denied three counts of child stealing.
They allegedly conspired to steal a one-month-old child from an unknown parent on unknown dates in the year 2022, at unknown locations within the Republic of Kenya.
Wanjiku fraudulently took Baby F.W, a child under the age of one month, from an unknown parent who had lawful custody or possession of the said baby, on March 15, 2022, in Mihango within Kayole area.
Wairimu was charged with three counts of receiving Baby F.W, a child under the age of one month, on March 15, 2022 at Mihango within Kayole, knowing her to be, or taking her with intent to deprive the unknown parent who had the lawful charge or possession of the said Baby F.W.
She produced a birth certificate indicating that the child was born on March 18, but medical tests revealed that she had not given birth as she claimed.
She was then arrested and admitted to buying the baby from the second suspect, Lydia Wanjiku Maina, on March 22. The two pleaded not guilty and were released on Sh500,000 cash bail.
