This archive report was first published on 6 July 2020.
On July 6, 2020, a 22-year-old man was arrested and held at Ngano Police Station in Nyandarua West sub-County for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl.
The suspect, a motorcycle operator, was arrested at Kwa Ngara shopping centre after the minor's mother reported that her daughter had been seen with him on his motorcycle headed to Kona Mbaya area.
According to Jathom Wanyama, the sub-County police commander, the minor had been sent to the shopping centre to buy herbicide but took long to return home.
When the girl returned home, she revealed that the motorcyclist had taken her to his house and defiled her for several hours.