Via the Daily Nation
By Shekhey Ahmed
Shekheyahmed@gmail.com
A man was Tuesday jailed for a
record 100 years for defiling a 10-year-old girl.
Abdub Kalicha defiled the minor on a
farm in Wajir West District.
Two other men, Mahat M. Olow and
Omar Abdi, will serve 50 years and 20 years respectively for rape.
Testifying in court, the victim’s
mother narrated how Kalicha, afarmhand, threatened to kill her daughter if she
reported the matter.
“I noticed a sudden change in my
daughter’s behaviour, the witness said. “She was withdrawn, moody and appeared
depressed. I felt there was something wrong with her.”
She told the court that that it was
only after she caned the girl several times that she agreed to reveal the ordeal
that the farmhand had subjected her to.
The court also heard that Olow, 38,
defiled a 15-year-old girl in Lagboqol Division, Wajir South District, on July
21 last year. The minor was in the company of her younger sister looking after
their animals when she was attacked.
The same court was told that
42-year-old Abdi from Jogoo village in Wajir West District attempted to defile
his 15-year-old step-daughter, subjecting her to indecent acts.
The incident led to his separation
with his wife.
Wajir magistrate Linus Kasan said
the sentences would serve as a deterrent to those who may contemplate defiling
helpless minors.
According to Mr Kasan, 34 cases of
rape and defilement had been brought to his attention but the court handed down
sentences in only four.
The other 30 cases, he said, had
witness problems and were facing interference by elders who wanted to resolve
the cases through the traditional system.
Nominated county representative
Fatuma Yussuf welcomed the court’s verdict. She said this would go a long way
in reducing cases of rape and defilement in Wajir. “There are crimes that can
be solved through the traditional Maslah system but rape is not one of them,”
she said.
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