A woman is suing a senior employee of the University of Nairobi for the maintenance of a child he allegedly sired with her two years ago.
The woman is accusing Jake Muchiri, an assistant registrar, of neglecting his child.
She claims she cohabited with Muchiri for three and a half years between 2012 and 2015 and they had a son together.
But Muchiri has denied the allegations, saying he is a widower with a family that he sustains.
“The paternity of the minor and allegations of cohabiting with her is alien to me,” he states in an affidavit.
In a suit filed at a Nairobi court last December, the 31-year-old unemployed mother said Muchiri dumped her after she gave birth.
The mother says Muchiri took care of their son until last April. She said her son will face extreme hardship if the court does not compel Muchiri to support him.
“Our child is suffering for lack of sufficient basic needs,” the woman says.
She says when they lived together, she came to know his family, including his other children.
The mother wants Sh43,000 monthly upkeep.
On February 2, the children’s court ordered Muchiri to go for a DNA test.
Muchiri wants the suit dismissed.