This archive report was first published on 1 August 2019.
On July 22, Lucresia Magabi, a self-proclaimed pastor, and two others appeared before Kehancha Principal Magistrate Linus Mesa, denying charges of child trafficking. They were remanded for seven days.
Yesterday, Migori CID boss Njeru Nyaga announced that the case would be transferred to Nairobi, citing the location of most of the witnesses and some of the accused persons.
Magabi and her assistants, Jackson Onchari and Dorcas Nyonchora, were arrested at the Isebania border crossing by customs staff as they crossed back into Kenya. They claimed that another woman, Pamela Aoko, had sold them the child.
"The case is being taken to Nairobi because most of the offenses were committed there. As you can see, the second suspect was arrested in Nairobi," said Mr Nyaga, adding that they were seeking to establish the identity of the child's mother.
