Man handed 75-year jail term by Nakuru court for infecting daughter with HIV

David Waweru Chege, 44, at the Nakuru Children's Court Thursday. The father of four was sentenced to 75 years in jail for indecent act and deliberate transmission of HIV to her 12-year-old daughter. [Photo: Joseph Kipsang/Standard]

Nakuru, Kenya: A 44-year-old father of four, who is HIV positive, has been sentenced to 75 years in jail by a Nakuru Children's Court after he was found guilty of indecently touching his 12-year-old daughter and deliberately infecting her with HIV.

David Chege Waweru was condemned by Senior Resident Magistrate Judicaster Nthuku to 25 years for indecent act and 50 years for deliberately infecting his daughter with HIV.