Senior Chief in Vihiga charged with defiling student Class Eight candidate

A senior chief has been detained at Vihiga Police Station for allegedly defiling a Class Eight candidate.

South Maragoli Location Chief Ronald Oyando appeared before Vihiga Resident Magistrate Susan Mwangi yesterday and denied the charges. According to charge sheets that had two counts, the 53-year-old man defiled the 15-year-old girl at their Masana Sub-location home.

"On October 28, you performed a beastly act on a minor," read the charge sheet. It was alleged that the candidate had gone to the chief to solicit school fees as her father died and her mother is unable to raise full amount. The prosecution asked the court to allow detaining of the chief in custody until next Tuesday to finalise investigations.