Barber slapped with 30-year jail term for defiling minor

A barber has been handed a 30-year jail sentence for defiling a 12-year-old girl in Busia County. In a statement by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, the middle-aged man is reported to have committed the heinous crime against the minor on several occasions in Busia County […]

3 arrested over minor’s night disappearance

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested three suspects following the disappearance of a 14-year-old minor on May 9, 2023, at the Nairobi Railways terminus. The three, two men and a woman, are believed to have disappeared with the minor at around 9.30 pm after the girl arrived in Nairobi from Mombasa. […]

52-year-old man fingered for defiling 16-year-old girl in Mombasa

A 16-year-old girl in Mombasa has alleged that a 52-year-old man held her hostage for two days and defiled her after forcing her to drink alcoholic drinks. The minor who has since reported the ordeal at Likoni police station claims that she was lured by the suspect identified as Paul Opiyo after they had interacted […]

Kilifi activists call for arrest of police officer alleged to have defiled minor

Gender-Based Violence Activists in Kilifi County are demanding the arrest of a police officer attached to the Marereni police station, in Magarini sub-county who allegedly defiled a minor in January this year. The activists now claim that all due processes have been followed including filling in p3 forms and obtaining an OB number however efforts […]