Kenyans have expressed their concerns after a deputy head teacher who had been arrested for allegedly sodomizing 10 pupils in Primary school was released.
According to reports, the 51- year old primary school Deputy head teacher was arrested last year and arraigned in Malaba Law Courts in various dates last year for the indecent acts.
However, the Deputy head teacher denied all charges before Magistrate Zawadi Ogange with an additional charge of displaying pornographic materials to minor pupils aged 14–17 before sodomizing them.
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Magistrate Zawadi Ogange ruled that the 51 year old be released on a Ksh 300,000 bond. According to the prosecution, the man committed the indecent acts while serving as the deputy head teacher at a school in Teso North Sub-county.
The ruling came after the prosecution led by Prosecutor Tonny Rotich submitted an application to amend the charge sheet to add more charges but the move was denied by the court.
According to the defendant lawyer, Paul Milimo, the move by the prosecution was an ambush and unfair to his client and therefore should be rejected by the court for fairness and justice.
Kenyans have also expressed dissatisfaction over the move to release him saying that witness interference is inevitable and in a case like that, suspects should be held in remand till hearing date to avoid witness interference.
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Hearing for the case has been set on November 11, 2024 with the prosecution expected to line up witnesses most of whom are pupils whom he allegedly sodomized while he was the Deputy headteacher last year.