Two arrested for giving alcohol to a minor during Christmas Day in Nairobi arrested, charged
Two youthful men captured in a viral video footage giving Scottish whiskey to a three-year-old minor during a Christmas party in Nairobi have since been arrested and charged before Kiambu Law Courts.
Edward Ndirangu Muhuka aged 22 and his accomplice Abdulmajid Hassan Arafat aged 19 were arrested by the Child Protection Unit (CPU) sleuths, a special formation domiciled under the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
They were arrested at their Thindigua in Kiambu County and Pangani hideouts today respectively.
Consequently, they were arraigned at the Kiambu Law courts where the first accused pleaded guilty and the second accused not guilty to charges of failing to protect a child from drugs and substance abuse contrary to section 24 (1) (a) as read with section 24 (2) of the Children Act No. 29 of 2022.
The case will be mentioned on January 18, 2022, for the facts to be read to the first accused and a hearing date to be set.
Meanwhile, the second accused was given a bond of Sh200,000 and a surety of a similar amount.
Their arrests followed a video that was first shared by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on social media showing the minor indulging.
The clip that was later widely shared prompted detectives at the DCI Academy in South B to swing into action and conducted a comprehensive analysis to track and unmask the online offenders.
“The Directorate of Criminal Investigations thanks netizens for the numerous notifications regarding this case, and also congratulates the DCI Child protection detectives for a job well done,” police said.
