A 49-year-old man suspected to have defiled his two daughters aged four and six was arrested on Wednesday by police in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County.

According to police, the man defiled his two underage daughters who lived with him after he separated with their mother.

A PP1 teacher at the girls’ school is reported to have noticed something unusual with the behavior of the elder girl, who had difficulty walking and cried a lot, but she refused to tell the teacher her ordeal.

The teacher was shocked to establish that the younger girl, who also attended the same school, also experienced difficulty in walking and she informed headteacher sought the truth from them.

They found out that the minors had been defiled after their mother left them with their father and the headteacher called in the police who took them to Iten County Referral Hospital for examination.

The man is expected to be arraigned and charged with defilement in Iten.