Irene Adhiambo pleaded guilty to the charge of child stealing. She admitted that on October 26, in the Kiamaiko area of Huruma, Nairobi, she fraudulently took and detained the baby.
The court heard that before the incident, Ms Adhiambo had befriended the baby’s mother, who was new in the city, and pretended that she would secure her a job.
“On the day of the incident, the baby’s mother had left her behind in a relative’s rented house in Huruma — where she was residing with the relative — and gone shopping only to return and find the baby and the visitor missing,” prosecutor Noah Chemweno told the court.
In mitigation, Ms Adhiambo said she is a mother of two and begged for forgiveness, but Magistrate Enock Cherono ruled that the offence was serious and called for a deterrent sentence.
The child was traced to the woman’s house in Kawangware in Nairobi after a neighbour who had seen her sneak out with the baby alerted the police.
She has 14 days to appeal.
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