In a rather shocking and disheartening incident, an officer working at the Nairobi Women’s Hospital in Mombasa was on Monday arrested for defiling a 13-year-old girl who had been receiving treatment at the facility.
According to reports, the Class Eight girl had been diagnosed with malaria and was receiving treatment when the incident happened.
The mother said she left her daughter in the ward at night to return home to look after her other child when the incident happened.
“She was getting better and we prayed together before I left for the night to go and take care of the other child,” the mother was quoted by Nation.
The daughter narrated that the lab technician, identified as Hillary Ochieng, told her to go to the laboratory for more tests.
In the lab, girl claims the technician started groping her private parts and a fight ensued before he released her, but after checking that there was no one on the corridors.
The hospital announced in a statement that the technician has been suspended.
“We would like to assure our patients and the public that as the Nairobi Women Hospital, we value, care and uphold the dignity of all our patients.
This comes barely a day after details emerged of how a brave woman in Lamu arrested a policeman who is said to have raped her inside her house.
The policeman who has since been identified as David King’ori, is said to have forced the Lamu woman into non-consensual s3x moments before she turned back on him and locked the door from outside.
Police officers from a nearby police station are said to have stormed the woman’s house after her shouts attracted large crowds of people outside of the house.
Police are yet to establish the relationship between the woman and the police officer.