Bungoma: Man, 38, sentenced to life for defiling 4-year-old girl

A court in Bungoma County has sentenced a 38-year-old man to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of defiling a four-year-old pupil in December 2024.

Three witnesses positively identified Job Wafula Lukhale after he was found in a thicket with the minor at Myanga village.

A pre-sentencing report presented in court detailed the severe physical, emotional, and psychological trauma suffered by the young victim.

The child’s mother also testified to the lingering effects of the ordeal, noting that the incident continues to haunt her daughter and has caused her abdominal complications.

Senior Resident Magistrate M.A. Onyango found Lukhale guilty, noting in his ruling, “I find that the prosecution has proved the three ingredients of the offense of defilement and I proceed to convict the accused.”