Peter Kyengo, the Njiru pastor who
allegedly defiled and impregnated
his 15-year-old daughter, has been
arrested.
His story featured in the last edition
of The Nairobian . We revealed how
furious Nairobians tried to set him
ablaze for allegedly forcing his
daughter to procure an abortion.
The 60-year-old senior pastor of
Jesus Light of Your Life Church in
Njiru was, according to police,
arrested at a popular prayer
mountain in Katoloni, Machakos and
charged in court with incest.
A police statement reveals that
Kyengo started defiling his daughter
in 2012 when she was in class eight.
He allegedly approached her
claiming “the Holy Spirit” had
revealed to him that she was
sleeping with unknown men and
that he needed to confirm it.
He then allegedly defiled her that
first time and continued for two
years, threatening her with death if
she revealed their little secret to
anyone. The daughter would only
speak on March 25 after discovering
she was pregnant.
The fully-packed court heard that
the preacher advised his daughter to
get abortion tablets from a friend.
Luckily, the friend she approached
leaked the information to the public
and went for the pastor’s neck but
he went into hiding for four months,
until May 30.
Several tests by Sexual Violence
Recovery Centre discovered the girl
was three months pregnant. The
victim who was present in court
briefly said: “It is true my father
defiled me. The first time I felt a lot
of pain but he told me God had
shown him that I was sleeping with
men. My 12-year-old sister said he
told her the same thing.”
Appearing before Makadara Chief
Magistrate Emily Ominde, Kyengo, a
father of four, asked the court to be
lenient.
