KENYA
The Star
Thursday, 13 September 2012
BY MAUREEN MUDI
A Catholic priest has been charged in a children court with neglecting a 13-year-old son whom he is said to have sired.
Father Josephat Mweu Mwazia, the parish priest of St Joseph Allamno Mbiriri Social Centre, Nyeri, has been taken to the Tononoka Children’s court by Cecelia Mbiki, who claims the priest is the biological father of the boy.
Mbiki wants the court to compel the priest to accept that he is the father of the boy and to pay Sh35,000 per month for the upkeep of the child. She wants Sh5,000 for school fees, Sh10,000 for food,Sh8,000 for clothing, Sh5,000 for medical, entertainment Sh2,000 and transport Sh5,000.
Through her lawyer Oduor Okumu and Company Advocates, Mbiki says she has been providing for the class eight pupil alone since 1999 and now wants the priest to take responsibility.
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