Shock and grief has struck Mbombo Village in Ol Jororok Constituency, Nyandarua County after an 8-year old grade two pupil at Ol jororok Primary School, Tabitha Wanjiru Macharia was allegedly defiled and killed on Friday evening.
According to her parents, Tabitha was last seen heading home from school in company of her schoolmates at around 5.00PM when she mysteriously went missing.
This prompted her parents to launch a search in the company of other neighbors. After a long trace by family and friends she has been found raped and murdered and dumped in a shamba.
Her father Johanna Macharia says they saw a body covered by leaves in a thicket and when they moved he saw a jacket that belongs to her child in a wheat plantation.
It was then they discovered the lifeless body lying there, hands tied from behind, was of his child whom he says was respectful to everyone.
They then notified police about the incident where they responded and took the body to JM Kariuki Hospital Morgue in Olkalou town awaiting postmortem reports.
Initial reports shows that Tabitha might have been assaulted before meeting her sudden death.
Local leaders across have also raised the alarm condemning the act calling on security bodies to act swiftly and bring all culprits to justice.
Nyandarua Woman Representative Faith Gitau who visted the family this morning expressed concerns over the surge in cases of child abuse in the county.
She condemned the act terming it as heartbreaking not only to the family but to the nation at large. ” I am gravely alarmed by he increase kn caes of defilement and violence targeting our innocent children, I appeal to societ6to come together and protect our future generations,” She said
Nyandarua West Subcounty Zainab Barasa who confirmed the incident said that investigations had been launched to seek the whereabouts of the perpetrators.
“We have this information with us and we are investigating the matter. It is only a matter of time before we arrest the suspect,” she said.
She further called upon the society, parents, guardians, religious leaders and all the community to step up and work with relevant bodies to put to and end such vices in the community.
