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Police ordered to trace minor in incest case for DNA test

The Magistrate's Court in Maseno had found Onyiwo guilty of incest. [File, Standard]

The High Court in Kisumu has ordered police to trace a minor, who was impregnated four years ago by a relative, for DNA tests on the child to ascertain paternity.

Justice Jacqueline Kamau said a DNA test would help in serving justice after the convict – David Onyiwo who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment – filed an appeal against both his conviction and the sentence.

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