4 Children Rescued as Police Arrest 62-Year-Old Man Over Suspected Trafficking, Defilement

Police in Kajiado County have arrested a 62-year-old man over suspected child trafficking and defilement after rescuing four children from a bedsitter in Isinya.

In a statement on Friday, October 9, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the arrest followed intelligence that led officers to the room, where they found the suspect in the company of the four children.

The suspect was identified as Enock Peterson Mwangi, alias Mwamburi Mwandeme; he was found with four children aged 17, 16, five and one year and four months.

The discovery prompted detectives to investigate how the children ended up in the suspect's custody, with officers subsequently searching a house associated with him in Mashuuru Township.

"The discovery immediately triggered deeper investigations into the circumstances under which the children came to be in his custody.

"A subsequent search of a house associated with the suspect in Mashuuru Township yielded a cache of items that have raised further questions," the statement added.

Source: Nairobi Leo