Man arrested for raping daughter in Makueni

A man suspected of raping his 10-year-old daughter in Kilungu, Makueni County has been arrested.

Fifty year-old John Muema Ndilu is believed to have turned on his own daughter while her mother was away.

He was arrested on Tuesday afternoon, after the grade three pupil in company of her mother booked the report at Kola Police Station.

According to the police report, Muema committed the crime on September 28 while his wife was away fetching water.

He allegedly threatened to kill the minor if she dared report the incident to anyone.

"It was until today that the girl opened up to her mother, who in turn escorted the daughter to book the report. With suspect in custody, the girl has been taken to a local hospital for medical examination, pending further police action," the Director of Criminal Investigation George Kinoti said.

In a separate incident today, DCI sleuths have arrested two men suspected of defiling a 16-year-old girl in Sotik, Bomet County.

Linus Nyakundi, 19 and Danface Makori, 22 are suspected of locking up the school girl at Sudan Lodging within Sotik's Tembwo trading centre where they allegedly committed the dreadful act.

Kinoti, said the two were spotted by a concerned resident, who reported to the area assistant chief of having seen the two earlier in company of a young girl.

"To ascertain the information, the assistant chief headed to the said lodging where he found the suspects having locked themselves in a room, and unwilling to open," Kinoti said in a statement on Tuesday.

According to police report, the suspects only surrendered upon arrival of the Sotik-based officers who rescued girl studying at a local high school and escorted her to hospital for medical examination.