50-year old jailed for life for marrying 9-year old girl

Magistrate Phyllis Shinyanda, was charged with two counts: defiling a nine-year-old girl and marrying her in violation of the law in 2019.

The accused had pleaded guilty to defiling and marrying a minor and was sentenced to life imprisonment for the first count of defilement and three years for the second count of early marriage, which he will serve concurrently.

In her judgement, the senior magistrate said the man had been warned of the consequences of his action after pleading guilty, but maintained that he had married the girl after an agreement with the parents.

“The last three years must have been the most horrific for the victim after the accused maintained the girl was his wife,” she remarked.

The court was told that the girl had been impregnated and that the man has been defiling the minor for the last three years.

Shinyanda said the accused merely asked for pardon. The man had maintained that he did not take the girl by force having been handed her by the parents.

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A Narok court has sentenced a fifty-year-old man to life in prison for defiling and marrying an under-age girl.

Saigulu Ololosereka, who appeared before Narok Senior Resident

By Obegi Malack obegimalack@gmail.com

Boxing Federation of Kenya Competition Secretary John Waweru has revealed that the National Intermediate Boxing Championships will be held in Ongata Rongai Social Hall in March.

The competitions will be held between March 2-4, 2023 and will be attended by boxers from all counties. Waweru said boxers from Kajiado County have been improving in performance and have played the novice and intermediate levels hence the decision to bring the competition to the county.

Some of the boxers from the county who will be participating are Brighton Onsongo, Boniface Michira (Heavy Weight 92) and Murugi Ndung’u (Ladies 67) of Kajiado County Boxing team. They had participated in the National Novice Championships held between February 2-4, 2023 in Nairobi County.

Talanta Rongai Boxing Club scored 21 points, Ongata Rongai Boxing Club 9 while Ngong had 5 points.

Onsongo qualified for the National Intermediate Championships after beating Derrick Njera of Kenya Police (Light weight 60kg).

In Heavy Weight 92, Michira beat Clinton Okoth of Kisumu.

The Kajiado and Kenya Police

The magistrate said the man was remorseless and felt entitled to the girl as his wife.

The underage girl had undergone Female Genital Mutilation before she was married off and later underwent a caesarian section when giving birth.

The offender was given 14 days to appeal.