The office of the director of criminal investigation has arrested a criminal accused of molesting young boys at Machakos County.
David Mutuku Katuku, 23, had been at large after the allegations prompting the issuance of the warrant of Arrest.
Last Wednesday, the government closed down the children’s home over alleged cases of sodomy.
He is said to have defiled the boys at the Martyrs of Uganda Children’s Home in Kimutwa, Machakos county.
The county director of children services Salome Muthama said they rescued 36 children from the institution after eight of them were sodomised by a cook.
The county immediately placed the boys in a nearby government institution for safety, she said when addressing the press during the institution’s closure.
The school has 274 children. The home also houses a primary school which is open to the local community.
Cases of sodomy has been on rise across the Country with churches warning members of engaging into unnatural acts.
Two weeks ago,the Lesbian and Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community were allowed to register their association.
This is after the Court of Appeal affirmed the High Court decision that directed the Non-Governmental Organisations Coordination Board to register the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) as an NGO.
Speaking after the ruling, Njeru Gateru the Executive Director of National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) said the ruling brings exclusivity and sets a positive precedent for other rights organisations in Kenya and around Africa.
“The judges have chosen to stand by the constitution that allows for like-minded persons to meet and organise formally. That is a freedom enshrined in the constitution and the fact that the Court of Appeal agrees with us and allows us to register as an organization is not only a win for us as an organization, but a win for human rights,”he said.
In 2015, the High Court ruled in favour of the of the LGBT community, arguing that they had the same rights as everyone else to form an organization for mutual support.
Christians and Muslims lobby groups have vowed to petition the government to suspend the ruling as its against Africa culture for the people of the same sex to marry or have an intercourse.