Father from hell jailed 40 years for defiling daughter, 11

An Eldoret man who defiled his 11-year-old daughter repeatedly has been sentenced to serve 40 years in jail.

Edwin Mule had been charged with incest under Section 20 subsection 1 of the Sexual Offences Act.

He is accused of committing the offence on March 13, 2022, and August 2, 2022, at Huruma Estate in Eldoret town.

The court also ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of the man's mother who is accused of knowing that the minor was being abused but she failed to act.

Senior resident magistrate Barnabas Kiptoo said the prosecution had proved the case against the 33-year-old man, a casual labourer.

After two years of hearing with five witnesses including the minor, the court said Mule was guilty of incest.

"All factors consider the prosecution has placed the accused at the offence of incest", Kiptoo said.

The magistrate said the prosecution had proved that the father took advantage of the child to molest her sexually under the protection of his mother.

"It baffles me that he was allowed to go scot-free for the offence he committed. Through this judgement the OCS Huruma is ordered to arrest the grandmother of the child adversely mentioned here," Kiptoo said.

He ordered that the woman be investigated over her involvement and the OCS to ensure the file is availed before the ODPP within 45 days from the date of the judgement.

The accused pleaded for a lenient sentence but the court rejected his plea. Kiptoo said the accused was not fit to stay near anybody let alone his own children.

"The child's life is forever ruined and the accused should not be allowed to stay near any child," Kiptoo said.

The victim narrated a brief account of the pain she endured from her father.

"I used to sleep on the sofa but I would find myself in my father's bed most of the time. I used to feel a lot of pain in my private parts," the victim told the court.