Cases of minor defilement is on a rise, today a GSU officer has been charged with child defilement in Nakuru court.
However Bernard Kipngetich, who appeared before principal magistrate Joe Omido, denied defiling a 17-year-old girl between November 10 and 14 in Njoro subcounty.
Kipngetich was accused of performing an indecent act with a child by touching her private parts,he allegedly detained the girl in his house at the GSU camp in Njoro and forced himself on her.
The girl reported the attack at Njoro police station and Kipngetich was arrested on Sunday evening.
He pleaded for his release on favourable bond terms.
Omido ordered his release upon paying a Sh400,000 bond with a surety of a similar amount or an alternative bail of Sh200,000.
He also ordered that the accused be supplied with witness statements, the case will be mentioned on November 26.
This comes days after the Kenya young parliamentarians led by Sabina Chege, who is the National Assembly Health Committee chairperson and Nairobi Senator Johnstone Sakaja said the perpetrators should be arrested and punished.
“We know those people who do this in the society. We should even come up with a law to castrate them. What business do you have with a young girl?” posed Chege.
Adding that those who prey on young girls should be castrated.
She faulted the decision by the Ministry of Education to form a task force to investigate the issue of teen pregnancies in school.
“Why do we need to form a task force to investigate the issue and we clearly know the perpetrators. Some families even go ahead and negotiate with the perpetrators at the chief’s office. As a country we must come up with tough laws,” said Chege.