Richard Barasel is currently nursing mental illness at Baringo Referral Hospital where he was admitted to on Wednesday night.
“He has history of cerebral malaria but may be due to the depression he is undergoing over defilement incident of his daughter could have resulted to his mental illness” Nurse in-charge said.
However, his in-law Felecie Barasel who takes care of him at the hospital said he developed the condition at home around 6pm.
“He started developing queer behavior of throwing himself on the ground while talking too much and cursing everyone who has blocked justice for his defiled daughter” She said.
Doctors said his condition is now stable after sedating him “as we keep monitoring his health condition”.
His daughter, standard three girl was defiled by ‘person known to her’ in a rural village in Baringo North Sub-county last Saturday.
While addressing media in Kabarnet town on Wednesday, area local chief said the suspect is yet to be handed an arrest warrant.
"Yes, he is still at home despite earlier push for his arrest... after going through the medical report, police in Kabartonjo found the young girl's health on stable condition and became to reluctance to arrest him" Chief said.
The suspect who dropped out of primary school two years ago is currently known for terrorize young girls in the village.
“I helped to arrest the suspect last year and handed to police over similar act he did to another minor, but the family intervened by requesting the matter be handled at home” Chief said adding that he has repeated it again.
-Joseph Kangogo