Kenya: Plan to Marry Off Girl Fails

10 October 2014

A father has been released on Sh50, 000 bond for failing to protect his child from early marriage.

The father, Daniel Karisa Gona is charged that on September 13, 2014 at Tetesha village in Magarini Sub County being a father to a 13-year-old girl willfully failed to protect her from harmful cultural rites. At first he pleaded guilty to the charges.

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