Randy pastor jailed 16 years for defiling, siring baby with minor at his children's home

A pastor who defiled a minor at his children’s home and sired a child with her in Githunguri was today sentenced to serve 16 years in jail.

Stephen Njau was convicted for defiling the minor who was by then 14 years at his El Shaddai children’s home in Githunguri in 2012. The pastor’s wife later abandoned the minor at Pumwani maternity hospital in Nairobi after she discovered she was pregnant.

While delivering her ruling, area senior resident magistrate Jacinta Kwena noted that it was absurd that the accused was a proprietor of a home expected to give refuge to destitute children but betrayed the trust bestowed to him and defiled the girl who later delivered a baby boy.

She said the prosecution put forth a strong case against the accused who took advantage of the innocent child that looked upon him as a father.

Njau had been charged that on diverse dates from February to August 2012 at El Shaddai children’s home in Githunguri, he intentionally and unlawfully defiled the 14 year old minor contrary to the law.

He faced an alternative charge of indecently assaulting the minor who was by then living at his home after she was orphaned when she was in standard 3.

The magistrate observed that DNA profile conducted on samples of the child, mother and the accused proved beyond reasonable doubt that he was the biological father of the victim’s child.

Kwena said the minor had told the court that the accused used to lure her in a separate room from other children after which he would touch her breasts, and that it later culminated into the accused sexually abusing her.

He gave her sweets and other presents and also threatened her never to reveal to anyone what had happened.

She said the accused made a habit of repeating the act on the victim and he did it especially on Saturdays and Sundays when his wife was away from the orphanage.

In mitigation, Njau pleaded for leniency, saying his children's home had been closed down.

The home was closed down in 2012 after the pastor and his wife defied instructions from the children’s department to register it through relevant departments.

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