This archive report was first published on 2 July 2021.
On July 1, 2021, a 53-year-old caretaker in Kisumu, Joel Etale, was charged with defiling two Grade Two pupils before a magistrate's court in Kisumu.
The two nine-year-old girls, who were allegedly defiled by Etale, claimed that he enticed them with money and lured them into his house before committing the crimes.
According to the police, Etale would reportedly ask the girls to wash his utensils and then give them money to buy chips, asking them not to tell anyone.
"He would give us between Sh20 and Sh100 to buy chips and ask us not to tell anyone. He would ask us to go to his house after school and defiled us," said one of the girls.
The girls never mentioned anything to their parents after they were threatened, but the crime was discovered after one of their teachers realised they always came to school with money.
Etale denied the charges and was released on a Sh200, 000 bond. The case will be mentioned on July 15, 2021.
