Heart-rending story of Baringo boy who lives like a bird

The 15-year-old boy shows residents of Oterit village his ‘bed’ atop a tree. He claims his father has been abusing him. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]

BARINGO: For three years — on and off — a 15-year-old in Oterit village, Baringo County, has been sleeping in a tree.

While for some it may sound like a fashionable thing to spend a night in a territory widely colonised by birds, this is not the boy’s (name withheld) idea of juvenile adventure.