DCI sleuths finally got to the bottom of a shocking ‘rape’ incident involving a woman and an area chief in Londiani’s Kimasian location, Kericho County.
There are two sides of this story; the woman claiming the chief raped her and the chief saying the woman framed him after their illicit affair was discovered.
Speaking to the press on Thursday, David Koros – the bodaboda rider who happens to be the woman’s husband – said that the alleged rape happened after the chief sent his wife Ksh.327 to entice his wife into accepting his advancements.
“The chief took my wife, and led her into maize plantation after luring her with Ksh.327. There, he raped her several times,” John said.
The incident which provoked the wrath of the husband, made him to alert other riders who accompanied him to try to locate the chief.
The 60-year-old chief was seen handcuffed to the police station and being escorted with plain clothes police officers into Kadowa police station.
DCI has since released a statement saying the woman identified as Mercy made up the rape allegations against the chief after her husband discovered that the two were involved in an affair.
Detectives uncovered messages between the chief and the woman suggesting they may have been involved in consensual sex.
“A woman only identified as Mercy is believed to have falsely accused her area chief of forcing himself on her, after her husband discovered that the two have been having a clandestine sexual affair since August,” the agency said.
The woman lodged a case at Londiani Police Station accompanied by her husband alleging that the area chief had stormed her homestead earlier in the day and ordered her out of the house after which he forced her into a nearby maize plantation where he raped her repeatedly.
Detectives probing the matter established that the two were lovers after probing the chief whom they had detained.
“On the day the chief is alleged to have forced himself on Mercy, the two were in constant communication and had agreed to meet at their usual place,” the DCI said quoting a text message from the Chief which read, “Let’s meet (hapo mahindi yenu) at the maize plantation.”
The Chief is quoted as having texted back saying: “Nimekuwekea kitu tupatane (I’ve kept something for you) I give you.”
The message was in reference to an Mpesa transaction of Sh327 that the Chief had transacted in favor of the woman.
The woman’s husband David Koros is said to have stumbled upon the messages dating back to August sparking a confrontation in during which the woman claimed the chief had raped her.
Detectives launched investigations into the rape allegation which included a visit to the alleged scene of rape, they concluded that the claims by the woman were inconsistent and unsupported by the facts.
“The investigators also retrieved Mpesa transactions detailing how the woman had been receiving money from the chief after every illicit encounter they had, since August,” DCI stated.
Adding that;
“While the DCI encourages victims of any form of sexual abuse to make their reports for our immediate action, we equally caution the public against making false allegations against any individual, just to get back at them.”
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