Police are investigating an alleged defilement of a Cabinet Secretary’s daughter by one of his aides in a high-end hotel.
The sexual assault of the 16-year-old girl is reported to have happened at one of Nakuru’s five-star hotels on Sunday night. The suspect picked up the minor from their home on Sunday afternoon before heading out to the hotel that charges between Ksh14,000 and Ksh50,000 a night.
According to the Nation, defilement was reported to police on Monday morning. The man was tracked down and arrested by Flying Squad officers who drove him back to Nakuru.
He was first booked at Bondeni Police Station where he was interrogated by detectives from the DCI. He was set to be arraigned at a magistrate’s court in Nakuru at noon Monday, was later transferred to Nakuru Central Police Station after officers learned that journalists were pursuing the case.
Thee suspect was to yet be arraigned by Monday evening was instead held at the office of Nakuru OCPD Samuel Obara for more than four hours. A magistrate, a prosecutor and a court clerk were seen heading to the OCPD’s office at around 1pm, raising questions over what may have transpired there.
It was not clear if the suspect was charged at Obara’s office or not. Police sources privy to the case later told journalists that the case had been handled.