Kakamega Woman Arrested, Missing Children Rescued

A woman suspected of child trafficking has been arrested by officers from the Anti-
Human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit.
Mary Akinyi Mulamula was arrested in Kabete, Nairobi County in connection with
kidnapping a minor.
Mary Akinyi is accused of stealing a child in Muchingu, Mukango Sub-Location,
Kakamega County, on June 6, 2024.

Akinyi deceived the child’s father, who is a farmhand in Kakamega, that she was
taking the child to Kakamega to be registered in a sponsorship program that
promised a monthly stipend of Ksh.9,000.
She vanished with the child prompting a manhunt that led to her arrest.