A court in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County, has sentenced a middle-aged man to 100 years in jail after he was found guilty of defiling his two daughters aged 8 years and 1.5 years.

The court heard that Clement Kipchoge Kimetto — who hails from Kibendo village in Keiyo North — is believed to have committed the heinous act against his minor daughters on 17th October 2023.

Kimetto also faced an additional charge of touching the minors’ genitals inappropriately.

While delivering her sentence, Principal Magistrate Virginia Karanja agreed with the submissions made by prosecution counsel Bessie Gikonyo, who had recommended the maximum sentence of life imprisonment to the accused.

Magistrate Karanja emphasised that the compelling evidence presented by the four prosecution witnesses, including the 8-year-old victim and a medical doctor, indeed confirmed that the accused committed the offence.

She also highlighted that the act greatly affected the children and the mother and that they had to undergo a psycho-social support before testifying in court.

The court heard that on the fateful day, the 8-year-old girl was playing with her siblings at home when the father grabbed her, took her behind their house and defiled her.

The court also heard that at the time of the incident, the mother of the victims suspected that her daughters had been defiled when she was bathing them.

She then took them to hospital for check-up where a medical doctor confirmed her fears.

In his defence, the accused said that the wife concocted the allegations against him as a revenge for a domestic wrangle.

Kimetto has 14 days to appeal against his hefty sentence.