This archive report was first published on 19 August 2021.
On August 18, a 22-year-old woman was charged with raping a 12-year-old boy and forcing his 5-year-old sister to perform oral sex on him.
The alleged crimes took place between January 2020 and July 2020 at Kileleshwa Mosata Gardens in Nairobi.
According to a police report, the mother of the two siblings reported the matter two months after the househelp had left, on November 8, 2020.
She reported that she came to know about this through a conversation between her 5-year-old daughter and the new house help while she was bathing her, that Sabina used to tell her to suck the penis of her brother.
Upon hearing the conversation, the mother asked the children about what had been happening while Sabina was working for them.
The children confessed that Sabina had been sexually assaulting them.
On November 12, 2020, police recorded statements from the children and the new house help, and on February 5, 2021, the victims were taken to hospital for medical examination.
Sabina Mwikali, who appeared in court with a three-month-old baby, denied the charges.
Nairobi Magistrate Jane Kamau ordered the accused to be remanded at Langata Women’s Prison awaiting a pre-bail report to be produced in court on September 1, 2021.
