THE STANDARD By
Kamore Maina |
January 6th 2021 at 10:12:15 GMT +0300
A KDF junior soldier was on Wednesday morning arraigned for allegedly defiling a school-girl in Nyeri County.
Martin Kabura appeared before Nyeri Chief Magistrate Mathias Okuche where he was charged with three counts for defiling a minor.
He, however, denied the charges and was released on a Sh200,000 bond with a surety of a similar amount.
According to a police report, the Senior Private was arrested along the Nyeri-Mweiga road on Tuesday evening after the vehicle he was travelling in was involved in an accident.
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Senior Private is one of the lowest ranks in the military.
KDF Officer Charged With Defiling Girl Headed to School
KDF officers save an overturned pick-up along Garissa-Hola Road.
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A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Senior Private was pounced on by police on Tuesday, January 5 after allegedly defiling a minor.
The minor was rescued by police officers after an accident that was witnessed on Nyeri-Mweiga highway at around 6 p.m on their way to school after committing the heinous act.
Central Region Police boss Agustine Nthumbi confirmed the incident as the military officer appeared in court on Wednesday, January 6.
A file photo of KDF soldiers during a patrol in Kotile town on the Garissa-Lamu-Somalia border, as part of the Linda Boni operation aimed at flushing out Al-Shabaab terrorists.