NAIROBI, Kenya, June 7-A pharmacist has been charged before a Mombasa court for allegedly conducting an induced abortion on a 15-year-old girl who had conceived through defilement.
Mombasa Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku heard that Amos Nzioki committed the offence on 3 June 2023 at his private chemist in Tudor.
The Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution says Nzioki allegedly induced the minor with an assorted drug leading to the abortion.
The incident came to light when the girl’s guardian reported it to the police.
“The girl’s guardian reported the incident to the police who took her to Coast General Hospital where the abortion was confirmed on examination by doctors,” ODPP said Tuesday.
ODPP said that authorities have launched a manhunt for the man accused of defiling and impregnating the minor.
The ODPP said that the pharmacist pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on Sh 300,000 bond with one surety of a similar amount and an alternative cash bail of Sh 200,000.
Two days ago, a medical officer at Ichuni Girls High School, Kisii county was arraigned for defiling a student.
Henry Nyarango was arraigned at the Keroka Law Court for defiling the student who had checked into the school’s medical facility for treatment.
Court documents show that the student was defiled on June 2.
The minor aged 15 years reported that she was waylaid as she returned from the toilet and defiled.
Nyarango was immediately arrested and charged with defilement contrary to section 8(1) as read with Section 8(3) of the Sexual Offences Act, 2006.
He faced an alternative charge of committing an indecent act with the minor contrary to Section 11(1) of the Sexual Offences Act.
