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Homa Bay man gets life in prison for defiling his two daughters

A domestic quarrel saw two girls placed under the care of their father but that decision would expose them to harm that left a permanent mark in their lives.

The man who they trusted and called 'daddy' sexually abused them, an act that will now see him spend the rest of his natural life in prison. Sitting in Homa Bay, High Court Judge David Majanja dismissed an appeal filed by the man on grounds that the two girls did not testify. In his June 10 judgment, Justice Majanja said he did not find fault in imposing the life imprisonment since the man sexually abused his children. The children were eight and six years old.

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