They do say that when a wolf want to eat its own children, it will first accuse them of smelling like goats, but what happens when a shepherd starts killing his own sheep? Clerics are meant to give us a good direction towards God, give us the way and tell us when we go against the will of God, but you won’t imagine what one of them did to minors!
A clergyman was on Tuesday sentenced to 75 years in prison for defiling and deliberately transmitting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to three minors.
KISUMU COURT sentences clergyman Joseph Agutu Obala to 75 years in jail for defiling and deliberately infecting three minors with HIV. pic.twitter.com/TmE0ADzyZg
— NationBreakingNews (@NationBreaking) December 18, 2018
Mr Joseph Agutu Obala was convicted of four counts at a Kisumu court, three of defilement and one of infecting the minors with the deadly virus.
Each of the defilement offences earned him sentences of 20 years while the latter crime earned him 15 years, amounting to 75 years in jail.
He will serve the sentences consecutively as per the court’s ruling.
In Mombasa County last Thursday, a 51-year-old man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for repeatedly defiling and impregnating a minor.
Mr Ngoloma Kakenyi Mulinge was found guilty of defiling a 12-year-old, Standard Four pupil in 2016.
While reading the judgment, Shanzu Senior Principal Magistrate Diana Mochache said Mr Mulinge deserved no mercy.
In April, a report by human rights activists indicated that more than 1,208 children might have been defiled in Kisumu County in the previous 15 months.
The incidents reportedly took place between January 2017 and March 2018. Out of the 1,208 children, five of the victims were living disabilities. Really? This actions sounds more inhuman especially to minors living with disabilities! What do you think should be done to reduce the rate of child defilement in the modern society.