Pastor preys on innocent teen who seek sexual advice as father impregnates daughter in Trans Nzoia

Pastor preys on innocent teen who seek sexual advice as father impregnates daughter in Trans Nzoia

Relevant stakeholders fighting teen pregnancy in Trans Nzoia
have decried the increase of teen girl’s killings to cover up the cases.

Led by Bishop Edward Khaoya of Kitale family house of hope, teen mother’s rescue center in the expansive Folk land area Trans Nzoia County.

The stakeholders have lamented on the increase in deaths of
female teenagers who have active cases in court regarding their pregnancy.

“A number of pregnant teens have been found murdered, and their bodies mutilated, with the latest incident being of a teen who  was coerced and defiled by a man leading to her pregnancy with her body found mutilated”

The killings are scapegoats by the perpetrators who are likely to face stiffer penalties and thus resolve to do away with the girl who acts as the main evidence in court, thus weakening the case.

“When someone hears that he will be jailed for more than forty years, and he is out on bond he resolves to end the life of the prime evidence thus leading to the rampant cases of these deaths,” Khaoya said

Khaoya has further castigated the move by courts to award bond to suspects, saying that it has led to an increase of kangaroo courts in the area.

The bishop further raised concern over the increase in
numbers of the teenage mothers who got their second pregnancy due to stigma and
poverty.

“Most teenage mothers bear their second children in less
than two years after the first one, this being catalysed by stigma among the
society and poverty making them vulnerable and forcing them to sleep with any
man who will come their way.”

Cases of incest and defilement to persons known to the victim are also on the rise, with some cases being perpetuated with biological fathers and spiritual leaders.

“We have two distinctive case at our center where one of the girls was defiled by her biological father and impregnated her with another case one of our girls sought sexual advice from her local pastor who ended up defiling her severally leading to her pregnancy.”

According to Khaoya the home has succeeded in reforming more than 2200 teen mother’s with 600 being given sewing machines to start afresh their lives with 38 still undergoing training at the center.

“We are trying to help the girls get a footing back into
their lives in a bid to help them reintegrate into the society and earn their
daily bread.”

Khaoya has called for abolishing of bond terms to sexual
offenders to avert the cases.