The minor spent in custody since her plea on August 17th last month and remanded at langata womens prison.
The form two drop out is a mother of two children who traveled to Nairobi all the way from Webuye in search of the baby's father.
Police arrested her on August 15th while she camped at his place of work along the corridors seeking financial support. Fellow colleagues found her a nuisance and attacked her claiming child neglect on her part.
She was charged for child neglect at the Makadara court two days after her arrest and the baby was taken to a childrens home.
A childrens officer claimed she was unstable and violent during her time of arrest and could not be refereed to the Kabete childrens cells.
The court heared that efforts to reach the baby's father was futile as he hung up on the Childrens officers in request to support the child.The orphan lost her mother last year after an illness and has never met her father.
Before the young mother accepted the charges at the Makadara court she denied the accusations during her plea. She confessed that she had not fed her daughter and had no warm clothing over night
Principal Magistrate Rose Otieno treated her as a first offender and counseled her before the minors freedom was ordered.She was discharged under section 34 of the penal code.
However, the minor may access her child through the court after she is stable enough to sustain the two children.
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