A form three girl in Migori County is currently at the police custody after allegedly drowning her three-day-old infant in River Migori.
The inhumane act happened at Milimani estate
The suspect (student) was to join form four next year at Radienya Secondary school will be arraigned in court on Monday.
According to the villagers the girl gave birth at St. Barnabas Clinic.
“When we went to the river we found the body because it had not been washed away due to low volumes in river Migori,” Sylvester Otieno, a villager said.
He said villagers with the help of elders confronted the girl and her family because they knew she had recently given birth.
“The girl and her family tried to cover up. When we asked where the baby was they said the father came for it. We followed up with the man responsible for the pregnancy, a boda-boda rider and he refuted the claims,” Otieno said.
The girl is being held at Migori police station while the body was taken to Migori Referral Hospital mortuary.
“We are shocked on the beastly act, and more shocked at the family for trying to hide the crime,” Okombo said.
This comes days after Senators led by Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula demanded that the surgical procedure should be conducted on people who have sex with minors.
The lawmakers said that this will be the only way to eliminate the wide-spread vice.