Tears in court as grandmother recounts gang rape of mentally challenged granddaughter
The suspects are said to have committed the crime at an incomplete building in Huruma estate along the Eldoret-Webuye highway.
What you need to know:
- The suspects are said to have committed the crime at an incomplete building in Huruma estate along the Eldoret-Webuye highway.
- Police from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations unit are still pursuing the other two suspects who have gone into hiding.
A courtroom in Eldoret was moved to tears on Tuesday as a woman recounted the harrowing moment three men allegedly used a mandazi to lure her mentally challenged granddaughter before gang raping her.
The grandmother described how the suspects took turns assaulting her granddaughter after trapping her with the snack, painting a chilling picture of predators preying on the most vulnerable.
“My granddaughter positively identified one of the suspects who had been arrested in connection with the incident during a parade that was conducted at Huruma Police Station,” she told Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Areri.
The suspects are said to have committed the crime at an incomplete building located in Huruma estate along the Eldoret-Webuye highway.
She was testifying in a case where Yusuf Wamalwa, alongside two co-accused persons, who are still at large, is charged with defiling a mentally ill girl.
The court heard that the police from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations unit are still pursuing the other two suspects who have gone into hiding after being linked to the gang-rape incident last year.
According to the charge sheet, Mr Wamalwa allegedly committed the offence on October 19, 2025, in Uasin Gishu County.
Accomplices still at large
Giving her evidence in chief on the same matter, Police Constable Esther Nawire, who investigated the case, told the court that they tracked Mr Wamalwa to Misikhu area in Bungoma County, where he had sought refuge to evade arrest.
“We stormed the homestead of a peasant farmer in the Misikhu area, Bungama County, and arrested Mr Wamalwa in a toilet where he had hidden following a tip-off,” the investigating officer said.
The officer also said they drove the suspect back to Eldoret, where he showed them where he committed the alleged offence while in the company of two other men who fled upon learning that police were hot on their trail.
“When we arrested the suspect, he volunteered to take us to where he committed the heinous act on the victim while in the company of his two accomplices, who are still at large,” added Ms Nawire.
The officer produced, as evidence, a signed medical doctor’s report from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, which showed that the victim had complications related to a mental disorder.
The medical report further showed that the victim was subjected to gang rape. The hearing was adjourned to April 20 2026, when two more witnesses are expected to give their evidence.
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