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Police in Lamu arrest bodaboda rider for marrying a Class 3 pupil

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By  Kalume Kazungu

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Neighbours said the man used to frequent the home of the victim to bring foodstuffs.
  • This was after the girl was left behind by the mother who has been away nursing a sick relative at King Fahad Hospital.
  • Nyumba Kumi officials said they launched a search for the girl immediately she went missing.

Police have arrested a 20-year-old man from a village in Witu Division, in Lamu West for allegedly marrying a Class Three pupil.

The suspect, Wanje Kaingu Ngowa, a bodaboda rider, is alleged to have married and stayed with the 12-year-old girl for almost a week in his house.

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