After being seen raping a grade 7 student in a Kenyan maize plantation, a junior secondary school teacher narrowly avoided being lynched.
Angry members of the public who discovered the teacher, 38-year-old Eric Rotich, defiling the girl over the weekend forced him out of the corn farm.
After waylaid the student who was returning home with maize flour from a posho mill, the teacher parked his motorcycle along the side of the road.
Tindiret sub-county police commander Mohammed Jireh, confirmed the arrest of the teacher on Sunday, July 2, 2023, saying he would face the law.
“The victim was taken to Meteitei sub-district hospital for treatment and for further investigations because this a serious matter and the suspect will face the law,” Jireh said.
According to the Soba location Chief William Lulei, the suspect together with the defiled child was handed to him by members of the public.
