A woman is standing trial for allegedly infringing on her children’s rights to education and health.
Lydia Manyasi Saya was alleged to have stopped her children from going to school and the hospital because “they are satanic”.
Standing before Magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot of Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, Saya denied the charges.
The court heard how between April 2018 and 13 January 13 Saya wilfully and negligently denied her children aged 10 years and another aged 8 years the right to education.
The incident was said to have happened at Kibera Katwekera in Kibra Sub County within Nairobi.
She is said to have stopped them from attending school advising them that education is satanic according to their religious doctrine.
Manyasi, a mother of three, denied violating rights to education for two of her children and rights to healthcare for her son.
The woman was further accused that on January 13, 2019, she denied a child aged one year eight months right to health and medical care by not taking him to hospital.
Cheruiyot directed that the matter be handled by a probation officer for further inquiry.
The officer is to determine the cause of the alleged offence before the court can decide on whether to release her on bail or bond.
She has been detained in police cells until January 29 when the probation officer is expected to present his report.
