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Head teacher, wife arrested for employing nine-year-old as househelp

Homa Bay Law Courts

Homa Bay Law Courts gate on January 14,2022 where a priamary school headteacher and his wife were charged for colluding to deter 9-year old girl from acquiring education. 

Photo credit: George Odiwuor | Nation Media Group

A 9-year-old girl who has been working in the house of a primary school head teacher has been rescued by officials from the Children Services Department and the head teacher together with his wife, also a teacher, detained.

The minor had apparently been working at the house in Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay county as a house help for at least seven months before he was rescued on Wednesday January 12.