KENYA
Standard Digital
By Linah Benyawa
A Catholic priest alleged to have sired a son has been sued in a Mombasa court for neglecting the 13-year-old boy.
Father Josephat Mweu of St. Joseph Allamno Mbiriri social center in Nyeri on Thursday found himself at the Tononoka Children court after one, Cecilia Mbiki instituted a legal suit against him for neglecting the boy who happened to be his biological son.
It is alleged that Fr. Mweu was intimately involved with Mbiki in a village in Kilifi County between 1998 and 1999 where she claims she was staying with her aunt.
In an affidavit of a suit that was filed September 3, Mbiki requested the court to force the priest to recognise and assume fatherhood of the son by paying an upkeep fee of Sh35, 000 per month.
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