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Father from hell: Headteacher throws baby into fire after paternity row with wife

According to the baby's mother, her husband had accused her of having the baby outside their marriage. [Yvonne Chepkwony, Standard]

Police are yet to arrest a primary school headteacher in Baringo County who threw his five-month-old baby into the fire at Ngaratuko village last Sunday.

Baringo North Sub-county Police Commander Fredrick Odinga said that the man, who is a headteacher, allegedly had an argument with the baby’s mother before the attack.

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