
Manhunt For 10 Men Who Assaulted A 12-Year-Old Girl Underway.
West Pokot County police are searching for ten men accused of assaulting a 12-year-old girl in Sigor after she refused to marry off to an elderly man.
According to police at the Marich Police Station, the girl’s father and other men beat her up last week to force her to submit to the marriage after she gave the suitor ten cows as dowry.
“On Wednesday, a group of men came to her and beat her up so that she could accept the marriage,” said the police speaking to the Standard.
According to the police, the minor was then taken to the man’s residence, where a celebration was held.
After waiting until the men were sufficiently drunk, the minor fled to the police station.
“The group had decided to make merry after successfully marrying off the girl. According to the minor, she waited for the men to get drunk and the ran away,” said the police.
“We immediately rushed to the suitor’s home, but unfortunately, we found they had already escaped. We are searching for the culprits.”
According to Sigor OCPD Bamfort Surwa, the minor was also scheduled to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
The suspects in the case are being sought, and one of them is the father.

This happens as police in Embu rescued a 9-year-old girl who was forcefully circumcised and arrested her mother.
The girl’s mother is alleged to have been taking care of the girl after undergoing the cut last Friday.
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The arrest was made after residents of Kaigi village informed their chief that the girl had been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation.
Authorities say the minor was cut in nearby Kirinyaga county and sent to stay with her grandmother in Embu. It was believed she was being hidden after the unlawful act.

Manhunt For 10 Men Who Assaulted A 12-Year-Old Girl Underway.