A 39-year-old father of four is being held at Njoro Police Station in Nakuru County after being arrested for trying to abort his 18-year-old daughter.
The man would be responsible for the pregnancy.
Amani deputy store manager Milka Langat said the man took his daughter from the school in Kitale, Trans Nzoia county, to abort her.
The girl would be three months pregnant.
The man was allegedly tricked by villagers into returning home for the procedure before being taken to a back street in the town of Njoro.
Langat said the girl admitted she was forced into an illicit relationship with her father for four years and said when she tried to intercede with her mother, she was warned of dire consequences.
He said the man will face charges, including incest and defamation, when police complete their investigation.
“Today we visited her at home and spoke to the woman about what was going on so she could explain why she was silent and if other girls were going through the same thing,” she said.
