A nominated Member of County Assembly (MCA) in Naivasha has raised concerns over the rise in defilement cases in Naivasha.
Speaking to news reporters at Naivasha town yesterday, nominated MCA Esther Mengere said that cases of defilement targeting teenage girls are on the rise.
The MCA said that she has received several reports of girls being defiled even by their fathers and relatives.
Mengere said that the situation is of concern and asked the government to intervene.
The MCA also asked the police to arrest suspected defilers and open charges against them. She said that safety of teenage girls is at threat if the government fails to act immediately.
Mengere at the same time blamed lenient laws on defilement saying that they given perpetrators room to commit the crime.
She said that there is need to review laws and policies on defilement to protect children and other persons.
The MCA also asked parents to be extra vigil and report cases of defilement and report.
She noted that 80 percent of defilement and rape cases are not reported. “There is no way just will be served if the society is hiding defilers and rapists,” she said.
The MCA also called for the establishment of DNA testing centres to help speed up investigations.
She said that some defilement cases have been thrown out because of lack of evidence, a move she attributed to lack of DNA laboratories that could help guard evidence in relation to rape and defilement.