A pastor and a sheikh have been charged in an Eldoret court with gang-raping a woman in Lugari, Kakamega County.
Danson Malea of African Divine Church (ADC) and Sheikh Stephen Barasa appeared before Eldoret Resident Magistrate Grace Barasa where they faced charges of teaming to gang rape a woman.
The offence is alleged to have been committed on August 2 and 3, 2019 in collaboration with others not before the court.
They too faced an alternative charge of assaulting the woman and committing an indecent act without her consent.
The duo faced a third charge of stealing from the victim.
The two allegedly broke into the woman’s house in Lumakanda township in Lugari sub-county, Kakamega County, and tormented her for several hours.
The complainant told the court that the accused and their accomplices took turns raping her as her two children, aged five and two, watched in shock.
The case was first mentioned in August 2019 where the accused denied the charges and were released on a bond of Ksh500,000.
Three key witnesses testified On Monday July 4,2022.
The court directed the remaining three witnesses – the arresting police officer, the investigating officer and a doctor from MTRH – to testify in the next hearing on July 25.
