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Kenya: School Bus Conductor Charged With Defilement Granted Bail

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A Mombasa court has released a defilement suspect on bond after the prosecution failed to convince the magistrate that the suspect should be detained.

Shanzu Court Senior Principal Magistrate Yusuf Shikanda released Elijah Githu, who is accused of defiling a five-year-old girl.

Githu is the bus conductor of Maryjoy Kindergarten School. He is accused of defiling the girl while she was on her way home on May 18.

The suspect was freed on Sh100,000 cash or an alternative of Sh300,000 bond with surety.

“Having considered all the relevant factors, I do not feel compelled to deny the accused person bond or bail. However, the circumstances of the case warrant the need for proper consideration of terms and conditions attached to the grant of the bond.

Consequently, the application by the Prosecution and alleged victims is dismissed. The accused person shall be admitted to bond,” the magistrate ruled.

The magistrated directed that the suspect should not, either by himself or through proxy, contact the minor or any member of her family and prosecution witnesses.

Githu was charged with defilement and committing an indecent act with a minor.

He was also accused of committing an indecent act with a child contrary to section II (1) of the Sexual Offences Act, which he denied.

The investigating officer in the case, Elizabeth Kanze, had earlier told the court through an affidavit that, the accused was arrested after a defilement report was lodged at the Kiembeni Police Station.