Nairobi — A councillor in Bungoma District has been charged with defiling and assaulting a schoolgirl.
Malakisi town council vice-chairman Nelson Okumu Wekesa appeared before senior resident magistrate Robinson Oigara at a Kimilili court to answer the charges.
He, however, denied defiling the 15-year-old girl. The minor, a Standard Seven pupil, is said to be four months pregnant.
The magistrate released the councillor on a bond of Sh100,000 with one surety of the same amount.
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