The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has sentence’s a water vendor, Athumani Juma, for defiling a seven-year-old boy in Vivalani village, Lunga Lunga Sub-County, Kwale County.

Athumani was sentenced by Senior Principal Magistrate Lucy Kabaria at Msambweni Law Courts after the court found him guilty of defilement contrary to section 8(1), as read with Section 8(2), of the sexual Offences Act N0.3 of 2006.

According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the offence was committed on June 7, 2026, when the complaint, the seven-year-old boy, who is also a grade two pupil, was playing football before the incident happened.

“The court heard that Juma called the child, and after he declined to follow him, grabbed him and took him to his house, where the offence occurred. He subsequently threatened the child against disclosing the incident,” the ODPP said.

The matter was later revealed after the boy’s brother and uncle noticed that he was unable to control his stool pressing him to explain what had happened. They later reported the incident at Kikoneni Police Station, and the child was taken to hospital for examination.

During Juma’s trial, the medical reports revealed that the boy had an anal sphincter incompetence. The prosecution called five witnesses whose testimonies supported the case against the accused.

Juma had denied the charges and claimed he had been framed however, the Magistrate noted that the child’s testimony was consistent and backed by medical evidence and other witnesses, making the case to be true.

“Hon. Kabaria found that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. She noted that the child’s testimony was consistent and corroborated by medical evidence and other witnesses” the ODPP stated.

The court convicted him under Section 215 of the Criminal Procedure Code and informed him of his right to appeal against both the conviction and sentence within 14 days.

APERIT FM, HII NI YETU