Our kind German sponsor turned into sexual abuser, victims tell court

Martin Herman Baumgartner alias Mato at Nakuru law court when he appeared before Nakuru senior resident Magistrate Emmanuel Soita on February 2023 to answer 14 charges ranging from defilement, indecent act, human trafficking among others. [File, Standard]

It has been years, but the trauma that victims say they endured at the hands of a German citizen they had grown to trust, is still fresh.

The more than 15 victims had hoped for a bright future and welcomed Martin Hermann Baumgartner's help with open arms. Little did they know what was awaiting them as the man started preying on them.