A newborn baby has just been pulled alive from a latrine in Kapenguria, West Pokot County, Kenya.
It was reported that villagers in Murkwijit village rescued the one-day-old baby boy on Wednesday, June 28, after hearing his cries at night.
The residents washed and took baby boy to Kapenguria County Hospital for immediate medical attention.
A rescuer bathing the baby. Source: Daily Nation
Police arrested the baby's mother, Maria Chepterit and arraigned her in court on Thursday, June 29, on charges of concealing baby at birth.
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Chepterit pleaded guilty and admitted to dumping her newborn baby because her husband had earlier denied the baby was his.
The mother, Maria Chepterit at the Kapenguria Law Court. Source: Daily Nation
Chepterit, who is a fuel station attendant was reported to have delivered her son unassisted at around 2am on Wednesday and disposed of him afterwards.
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The mother-of-four children pleaded for leniency as her sentencing was postponed to a later date and but was immediately remanded in custody.
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