Rape cases are rampant in Kilifi County. [Photo/kahawatungu.com]Police in Kilifi are holding a pastor claimed to have raped two women at Vipingo sisal plantation in Kilifi County last week.
Kilifi Directorate of Criminal Investigations Officer Christopher Chesoli said the man was picked up after the public spotted the vehicle believed to have been used when one of the women was abused.
Police claim the suspect attacked the women in a car he had hired, purporting to operate taxi services.
“We had a message which had been circulated concerning the incident and the public spotted the vehicle passing near a supermarket in Kilifi town and raised the alarm.
The driver sped away but they caught up with him in Mnarani,” said Chesoli.
Further reports by the DCIO indicated that the owner of the car said he had rented the car to the pastor.
The DCIO said in one of the attacks, the pastor picked up his victim at the Kilifi bus stage, posing as a driver for a private car hire firm.
“He poses as a driver for a private car and always asks for passengers going directly to Mombasa. But on the day he picked up the lady, he branched into a sisal farm, raped the woman, and robbed her of money,” he said.