16 children rescued from a house in Kayole

16 children rescued from a house in Kayole

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Police in Embakasi area on Monday rescued 16 children who were being held in a house in Soweto, Kayole. 

According to a police report seen by Citizen Digital, the report was made by Daniel Odongo, a children protection officer in Embakasi Central constituency. 

Odongo informed the police of the presence of the children in a plot within Nyando area, and police made a move, arresting a Kenyan identified as Linet Akinyi and a Tanzanian national named Isaack Mwanjeka.

The two could not explain what the children were doing in their custody. The minors were housed in a two-roomed rental house. 

Police suspect the children were meant to be trafficked to an unknown location. Investigations have commenced as the two suspects remain in custody.

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