Father gets life sentence for defiling daughter

A 42 year old man has been sentenced to life by the Kapsabet Law Courts after he was found guilty of defiling a minor.

Appearing before Kapsabet Senior Resident Magistrte Caroline Watima, the accused, identified as Nathan Ananda, was charged with defilement and committing incest with his 15 year old daughter.

The court was told that Mr Ananda had been defiling his daughter since 2010, the year he divorced his wife.

The magistrate said that the offender contravened the sexual act and that he took advantage of a minor.

The defendant had asked the court to be lenient on him since he was the sole breadwinner and that he was an orphan.

However, the Magistrate notified the accused that it was a shame he was saying that yet he committed the heinous act to his daughter.

Despite being treated as a first offender, the prosecutor asked the court to take punitive measures since incest cases were on the rise.

Reports indicate that the offender infected the minor with Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and had defiled her three times in four years.

An age assessment that was conducted by a clinical officer of Kapsabet District Hospital on August 28^th, 2015 also proved the victim was a minor.

Meanwhile, in September this year Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said his government was ‘seriously’ considering castration of rapists – especially those who violated children.

The infuriated leader ranted about the inhumane acts committed by people close to their own blood: “What sorts of men have we become, raping our babies, and in some cases even your own? What has entered this house of freedom, the Zimbabwe house of freedom?”

“We are saying to our own people, we in government, let’s teach our men how to behave and have good character,” Mugabe added.

The President also lamented that authorities have been letting the rapists walk scot-free after committing the heinous acts.