A man in Murang'a County has been arrested by police after he was accused of sodomising nineteen schoolboys aged between eight and fifteen, infecting them with HIV/AIDS.
The man, Enoch Mwangi, allegedly has been repeatedly abusing the boys for some time before one of the boys' teachers noticed some weird change in the boy besides his deteriorating health.
He is accused of coaxing the kids into his house in Igikiro Village, Kamahuha Location of Makuyu Sub-County before performing the brutal act on them.
“In a day that I cannot exactly remember, Mwangi met us as we were going to fetch some firewood and gave me sh. 50. Later in the day, he called me to his house and demanded his money back. I told him that I had lost it. He gave me another sh. 25 to go and buy some petroleum jelly. Upon return to his house, he forced my panties down, smeared the jelly onto my behind and sexually penetrated me. He later warned me that if I ever told anyone about what had happened, he would slice me into pieces with his panga,” one of the victims narrated, according to Thikatowntoday.
The suspect was arrested after one of his victims, a 14-year old, raised concerns and his class teacher and headteacher had him escorted to hospital, only to find that his rectum had been seriously tampered with.
The boy was referred to Maragua Level 4 Hospital as the school community embarked on finding more victims, seven more students were found, and a manhunt for the culprit launched.
The man is currently held at Maragua Police Station, awaiting medical tests before he is arraigned in court on Monday.