By Joab Apollo
In a classic case of of the shepherd greedily preying on the flock, a Kenyan clergymen has shocked the nation by abusing his spiritual authority by sexually molesting a secondary school student.
Reverend Daniel Kimeu of the African Inland Church (AIC) Kalebwani, Makueni County, committed the grave offense last week and is on the run.
According to a statement released to the Kenyan public by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the randy priest, stopped his vehicle and beckoned the innocent girl who was from a nearby market. He offered to take her to her destination, and the girl boarded in the belief that this was a harmless man of God.
“As she painfully narrated her ordeal in the hands of the Man of the Cloth, the girl reported to her teachers that she walking home from Kikusuni market when Reverend Kimeu suddenly stopped his vehicle and beckoned her to get inside. Innocently, the girl boarded the vehicle only to be raped moments later.” Stated the DCI statement
The DCI has launched an intensive man-hunt on the beleaguered preacher and called on the public to help in hunting him down. The girl is recuperating in the hospital.
Cases of rape and defilement have increased in Kenya, but a Judiciary that is under fire for slow pace of judgment remains the weakest link in bringing suspects to book. The Judiciary on the other hand blames a backlog of cases and imprudent investigations by police agencies as the stumbling block.