Standard two pupil rescued from early marriage as two sub-chiefs are interdicted

Kajiado county Commissioner David Kipkemei (right) and other Administration senior officers address the press outside his office in Kajiado on 26th May 2018 shortly after he announced the interdiction of two chiefs for participating in unlawful early marriage of a nine-year-old girl at Esonorua area Kajiado West Sub County. PETERSON GITHAIGA

The police have rescued a nine-year-old girl from a forced marriage in Kajiado West sub-county.

The girl, a Standard Two pupil at Esonorua Primary School, was rescued by officers a few minutes before she was married off to a 58-yea-old man as a fifth wife.