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Chief denies defiling teenager, released on bond

A chief from Samburu County has been arraigned in a Maralal court for defiling a teenager. Keward Lekalkuli, chief of Waso West location in Samburu East sub county was charged for defilement and aiding or abetting (Female Genital Mutilation) FGM on a 15-year-old girl.

Lekalkuli who was arrested on Thursday, was charged for an offence of committing an indecent act with a child in an alternative charge. He reportedly committed the acts at Remoti  Village, Samburu East sub-county between June 6, 2015 and July 8, 2015.

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