Incest: Boy
Impregnates Sister, Father Fined 3 Bulls By Elders
A council of elders in Kabuchai village, Bungoma County has
fined a man three bulls and a sheep for attrition of culture.
The man, only identified as Mango, was hauled to the elders’
baraza after it emerged that his two children had been engaging in incest that
has resulted in his daughter’s pregnancy.
The animals will be used in what
elders described as “an elaborate cleansing ritual, aimed at saving the
children and the community wrath of angry ancestors”.
Simiyu Muinami, the council’s
chairman, spoke to Crazy Monday and expressed shock and disgust, warning that
the ancestors are unhappy.
“Incest is a breach of societal and
religious norms. It is an abnormal behavior that should be condemned to the
core.
“It is a taboo here and I can bet
the ancestors are angry. Animals have to be slaughtered in an elaborate ritual
to save them (culprits) and the community from ancestors’ curses,” he said.
Bizarre incident
The sleepy village, tucked in the
armpits of Nalondo division, Bungoma South, came to life after it emerged that
a 17-year-old boy had impregnated his 15-year-old sister.
Upon learning about this bizarre
incident, an equally disturbed Mango, in a bid to save face, had tried to sweep
the matter under the carpet.
However, as it happens with juicy
gossip in most villages, the matter came to light and village elders could not
let him get away with it.
That a brother and sister had been
engaging in the act of rod and even pushed the joke further by getting pregnant
shocked locals to the core.
“This is extreme abnormal behavior.
It has never happened before in this clan. Related boys and girls don’t fool
around,” said an unidentified local.
When details of the scandalous
incident reached the local elders, they quickly convened a meeting where Mr
Mango and his family were summoned for a hearing and fines imposed.
