Incest: Boy Impregnates Sister, Father Fined 3 Bulls By Elders

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.