A 52 year-old man has been slapped with life imprisonment after being found guilty of defiling and impregnating his teenage daughter.
Francis Mutemi was convicted on Friday by Kibera Senior Resident Magistrate Irene Kitagwa.
In her ruling, the Kibera Magistrate said the prosecution had proven beyond doubt that the man committed the offense on his 16-year-old daughter.
The magistrate further said that medical reports tabled in court during the trial proved that the convict violated the minors rights.
She ruled that the man failed to protect the rights of the minor as her father.
"It is the responsibility of the father to protect the rights of the child, however the accused in this case failed to protect her child instead preyed on her sexually," the magistrate ruled.
She said defilers have their place in jail, adding that life imprisonment to them will serve as a lesson to other defilers.
The court heard that the man committed the offense between December 20, 2016 and 2017 in Kibera.
He has 14 days to appeal the sentence.
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