A man in Nairobi has been charged after being arrested for defiling his 8-year old daughter and infecting her with HIV.
According to the charge sheet, the man is facing charges of defilement, incest and deliberate transmission of HIV to the youngin knowingly.
However, shockingly, the man committed the acts between dates ranging between 2018 and 2019. Police report that the man intentionally had sexual intercourse with a child with the knowledge of being infected with HIV and thus transmitting the disease.
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The suspect is said to have done the acts to the victim who is now 11 years old immediately after his wife had left around Kingston Slums in Industrial Area, Nairobi.
Raising the alarm was her mother who after learning that the father had taken the child to live with a relative upcountry, she went to seek custody of the child which she was given by the relative.
However, after few weeks, the mother noticed the child being sickly and took her to hospital where it was discovered that the child is HIV positive. The mother turned out negative which raised suspicion.
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Upon interrogation of the child, she disclosed that her father had been sleeping with her before sending her upcountry. This made the mother report the incident to police who took up the matter.
The suspect was later on January 20th arrested in Embakasi in Nairobi but upon arraignment, the suspect denied all charges including infecting her with HIV. He was remanded and the judge ordered samples to be taken from the suspect for further analysis and will return to court after two days.
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