A fuel station attendant from Kenya has
self-confessed in a Kapenguria court she dumped her newborn baby in a
pit latrine to die.
The newborn child was rescued alive from
the pit latrine on Wednesday in Murkwijit village at the Kapenguria
community in West Pokot County.
Neighbours rescued the boy after they heard his cries at night and rushed him to the Kapenguria County Hospital.
As reported by Nairobi News, Chepterit is
said to have given birth unassisted at around 2 am on Wednesday and
disposed of the baby in the pit latrine later.
She was later arrested and charged with
concealing a birth contrary to Section 227 of the Penal Code. The mother
of four pleaded guilty before Resident Magistrate Phoebe Kulecho and
begged for leniency when she appeared before the Magistrate Court on
Thursday. She has confessed to having committed the act after
quarrelling with her husband, who claimed that he was not responsible
for the pregnancy.
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