Kwale witchdoctor flees after defiling epileptic girl

Police are looking for a witchdoctor they claim raped a 14-year-old epileptic girl on Sunday morning at Maganyakulo.

Kwale OCPD Patrick Oduma said the witchdoctor had duped the victim's guardian into believing that he could cure the disease.

Mwanaisha Karim, who is an aunt to the victim, said on the fateful day, the girl's grandmother took her to the witchdoctor's home for treatment but the man did not allow her to enter the rented house.

"The witchdoctor told her that she could not enter the house with the girl as the demons in the girl could also possess her," said Karim.

He went into the house and emerged after after a few minutes and told the woman to be patient as the medicine he had had given her was still taking effect. 

But the woman became suspicious after the man took long to come out and stormed the house only to find her granddaughter sobbing.

It is at this point that she called the neighbours to assist her take the victim to the hospital where doctors confirmed that she had actually been defiled. Most residents still believe in exorcism as many of them cannot afford hospital charges.