Man Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Defiling, Marrying a-10-Year Old Girl
Saigulu Ololosereka,50, mwanaume anayutuhumiwa kunajisi na kuoa mtoto wa miaka 10 Picha kwa hisani
A court In Narok has sentenced a 50-year-old man to life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to
defiling and marrying a ten-year-old girl.
Saigulu Ololosereka, was charged with two counts — defiling a ten-year-old girl and marrying her in
2019.
In her judgement, Magistrate Phyllis Shinyanda said the man had been warned of the weighty of the
matter after pleading guilty but maintained that he had married the girl after a consent with the
parents.
‘The last three years must have been the most horrific years for the victim,’ the magistrate said.
She said marriage had a permanent physiological and physical effect as the young girl had
undergone Female Genital Mutilation before she was married off and later underwent a caesarian
session when giving birth.
The magistrate also noted that Saigulu showed no remorse even after he was warned of the offense.
“He merely asked for pardon and reinstated that he did not take the girl by force but the parents
had handed her for marriage, meaning he feels entitled to have the girl as his wife,”Shiyanda said in
her judgement on Wednesday morning.
The Court reiterated in its ruling it considered the age of the girl.
She sentenced the suspect to life imprisonment for the first count of defilement and three years for
the second count of early marriage which he will serve concurrently.
The state counsel prosecutor Tito Wanga expressed satisfaction with the judgement following the
seriousness of the offense.
The accused has however, given 14-days to appeal the verdict
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