Kenyan man arrested for impregnating Unity school girl
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
November 22, 2011 (BENTIU) – A customary court in Bentiu town sentenced
a 27 year old Kenyan citizen to prison on Monday for impregnating an 18 year old secondary student. Peter Mathor Gai, a local chief in Unity state, told Sudan Tribune that traditional customary laws apply to both South Sudanese and expatriates.
Gai said Kenyan national George Kanyi Joki was working in Bentiu when he fell in love with the girl. After it became known she was pregnant a customary court charged him like an “indigenous man,” ordering him to pay three cows to the family of the unmarried girl.
The convicted man has been sent to prison “for his safety,” Gai said, because some members of of the girl’s family were said to be very angry that she had become pregnant outside marriage.
It is reported that the girl was beaten by her family when her pregnancy was discovered.
On Tuesday, Sudan Tribune visited Unity state prison to interview Joki, who said he accepted that he had committed a crime under the customary law of the Nuer ethnic group.
Joki has not been able to contact the Kenyan embassy in Juba and expects that he will remain in detention as he has not been able to get the money together in order to pay compensation to the family. He accused local chiefs of discrimination in this regard.
He said that if was allowed into Bentiu town he would be able to find other Kenyans to help him resolve his case.
“I will obey the customary law by paying the three cows as a charges to be given to the family, and shall work hard to marr[y] the lady, I do not care how matter it will take me to struggle to buy an additional 27 cows to the parent, and strongly appreciate the protection done by a girl to me and must promise to marr[y] her,” said Joki.
He said he appreciated the fact that his girlfriend had covered that he was the father for sometime but warned expatriates living in South Sudan that they must behave according to the norms of South Sudanese society.
John Panyuan, an official at the prison confirmed on Tuesday that by getting a girl pregnant before marriage Joki had broken customary law 269. He will not be released, the prison officer said, until the payment and demands of the family of the pregnant girl are met.
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Utatu Murba
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
This is good even to arrest more than that.Also the government must arrest the 18 years girls, because most of our south Sudanese girls the need foreigners only for their money and this is the result of money.
omoni jr.
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
well,the woman or girl is Not a teenager so,this case should not treated a crime against Nuer customary Hell.
how many girls are getting pregnant by southerners in kenya.
please stop practicing discrimination in and yet we have too many south sudanese in kenya. a such silly thing like this can also threaten the lives of civilians from both coutries.
please just free joki immediately.
Tribe
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
George is contradicting himself. He says he is being discriminated and at the same time agreeing that what he has done is a crime and assuring to compensate for it. To me, he is just accepting his cultability for the sake of his safety,but not for the sake of loving and hopefully to marry the girl.after all, George is luck to just only ask for a three cows.It could have been more in other place.
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
This is a pure nonsense and this will put to jeopardy many South Sudanese who have done the same to Kenyan girls. Why arrest this guy if the girl didn’t consent to have a baby with him? Our people need to think rationale. Yes I agree the girl will drop out of school, but she should be blame for accepting to sleep with the Kenayan national. If President daughter married Ethiopian, why not others?
J P Puok
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
What could you guys said could happened to be Nyakuar ( Dr Riak daughter) as happened with Nyanbany ( President’s duaghter) recently?
could the writter be arrested if he dig around the bushes as the case the two. to me we shuold be realistic. A secondary student 18 yrs is mature enough to chose her fate no matter what. George shuold be only deal with like any male partner same to her.
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Mr. Joki should be allowed to have contact with Kenyan embassy in Juba. Kenyan embassy should have been contacted in first place to be aware of the incident, and that Mr. Joki has violated Nuer traditional customary. Detaining Mr. Joki without informing Kenyan embassy is unlawful. I’m not against whatever the rule or punishment given to Joki is but Joki has ultimate legal rights to contact embassy
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Mr. Pouk, I agree with you , and I also agree with George assertion that he has been discriminated. There is no doubt about that. If I’m not wrong, President was conceived before it become an official wedding. If the Customary is a big deal in South Sudan, why not arrested the “Nyan Beny husband?” It look to me as there is double standard and lack of lawful judgement. It was her choice.
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Mr. Tribe, George did not contradict himself. He made two statments. One statement is about that he commit a crime according to Nuer customs. And the other is that he was discriminated. This are two facts, if this was a Nuer young man who conceived this 18 years old girl, would he have been arrested and charged for breaking customary? the answer is no. He is right and I doubt him less.
Daniel Buolmawei
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
How could you blame this innocent man? I don’t contradiction here. It is true he’s discriminated because there’s no point to hold him as a criminal for something many young South Sudanese do every day. Impregnacy happens every time and then, but imprisonment we heard of until today. He accepted crime because the locals say it is crime, and here’s a young man who is very cooperative with the locals
J P Puok
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Most of our customary laws are bias towards the male and too linen towards the female.
Except with the case of rape, any form of crime that involved sexual consent with both party provided the involve female is above 18 yrs, both shuold faced the same judgement. Afterall they like shuoting at the top of their voices on equality. punish them all equally if 3 months jail, all of them! male can’t ..
Daniel Buolmawei
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Peter, I didn’t know you write this. The man is a good Kenyan citizen. He’s very cooperative and also very determined to follow the local laws saying he will work hard to avoid offending his in-laws. How many girls impregnated in Bentiu but we never heard such a story reported. My Nuer chiefs have double standard about this incident. Why the laws are properly apply against foreigners but not us?
malualdit
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Dears fellow writers, mind to you that all you have just commented are not mattering the conditions of Joki & the girl herself. It has already happened but the point by now should be” how and by which means would that prisoned man be in touch with either their Embassy in Juba or other concerned kenyans that may help him in solving the case since Police men have boosted not free him?
Bush
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
LOL! testing the virginity of the young South Sudanese girls is not a BIG deal as it sounds. It seems like our girls are also looking more attractive to foreigners as opposed to others that our girls are not attractive.People should remember love has no borders and doesn’t need a passport to cross, most of us are married to foreigners too, so think big before acting.
ahme adam
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
According to IMF and UN if budget was distributed fairly evey person in the south should receive one million american dollars from the SSG, if this girl had this money that would have never happened
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
J P Puok, the only where this could be different which, could bring judgement against the man is when the girl claims that she had sex with the man against her will; other than that, it is a whole nonsense to punish the man for the sex girl consented. Our people should have decent and fair judgement which applies to all people living in South Sudan. They need to revise those customary rules.
Bush
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
@Peter Nhiany
You have a good vision, and people should now know that we are living in a global village that is why others come to our places as we also go to their places. Such a crime is no longer considered a big crime and should be solved amicably.
Gunkills
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
@Omoni Jr.
Kanyi Joki has committed crime against Nuer customary. Even in modern World illegal pregnancy is a crime, in Bible too. If there are S. Sudanese who have impregnated Kenyan girls. They have also face Customary Hell from respective tribe that the girl came from. So for me Kanyi Joki must feel the consequences for breaking Nuer culture.
Bush
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
@ahme adam
You are mad, sexual demand is not just for money but an answer to a body respond. Instead the more money you have, the more attractive you become and more girls or men you need.
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Brother Malualdit, you have asked a very good question and I raised this question in my previous comment. Authorities in Bentiu have already dropped the ball. This should have happened prior to bringing this innocent gentleman before court. It is still in the hand of the Authorities in Bentiu to contact with Kenyan embassy in Juba to make them aware of Joki’s arrest. People take law in their hands
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
@Bush, attraction of our young ladies to foreigners has a motive. As you can see from socioeconomic perspective, our young men are very educated and have no jobs that can bring in income.Money can talk. We have one of the most handsome young men, but they are being deprieved to marry their beautiful ladies just because they do not have jobs. Our government is accounts for most of such problems.
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
@Bush, Ahmed sometime hypothesize too much, but some of his points contribute to this South girls-foreigners relationship. foreigners are the one taking our jobs in the South and our local handsome educated brothers are left wondering on Juba and States capitols streets. They girls are choosing employed foreigners over their own fellow citizens. But it is not as much as Ahmed described it.
Gabriel KK
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
This is not a crime please.
Daniel Buolmawei
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Gunkills, tell us, how many young Nuers arrested because of impregnacy? This shows you are unfair.
Gunkills
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
@Peter Nhainy
How can you compare this Kenyan man who break Nuer customs with the Ethiopian man who came with respect to ask the president a hand of marriage his daughter? The problem here isn’t because is Kenyan but they way he started has no respect to the girl her family as well as Nuer community in general.
Bush
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
@Peter Nhiany
I understand bro, our government has let us down. Some of us didn’t acquire a better education to get a good job because we preferred to take up arms at the school age and fight for this government, but the end result is opposite and some of us are regretting for the years wasted in the army (The SPLA).
Gunkills
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
@Daniel
You should ask Sudantribune why they dont report such things if a Nuer man impregnated a girl and is arrested.
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Gunkills, truths have to be told. Is it because the man is Kenyan who broke Nuer’s customs that is why he face charges or is it a sincere Nuer customary law that applies to all people including Nuer young men who impregnated young women? Is this the first time Nuer young woman have sex out of marriage to non Nuer? Was the Nuer customary law applied to such person? This is all hoax brother.
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
@Bush, thank you brother. I witnessed how bad our educated young men are treated in South Sudan. I went to office of Minister of commerce. There were many applicants waiting for an interveiws. What puzzled me and left me wondering was the fact that everybody I met at the office was told to come tomorrow! I was like what does this mean. Come tomorrow, come tomorrow; tomorrow never comes? too bad.
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Gunkills, the Nyan Beny marriage didnt put a ray of sunshine on anybody in South Sudan if not only his family and his close friends. There are still questions about Nyan Beny that need to be explored in the future. I’m one of the Critic of the Nyan Beny marriage and many people are not happy with me on face book. In fact, nobody is sure if she was not impregnated; and I’m sure was before marriage
SPLM/A's son
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
I really appreciate you all my fellows who participate in this forum. To response to the matter, I would say that Joki is a full gentlemen for the acceptance of the girl’s pregnancy. Of course,it is what parents require to knw who did it and if so they ask for dowry according to customary laws and all scores settled. And the fact that is another option to marriage and when you adhere to payment th
Dengda
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
To Gunkill
your response count immature and unprofessional,there no what call illegal impregancy vs legal one. The situation lead to the arrest of Kenyan accussed of impregrant girl is total an abused and misused of cumstomary law. there should be clear distinction between love involved couple against law alleged as broke, otherwise, the girl involved may have right to sued for defamation/harassed
Lokeji
Kenyan man arrested for impregnating Unity school girl
This is the weakness of the govt of allowing the foreigners to infiltrate into every corner of south sudan.there is no any norms to retrict their movement and activities in the country, they are just left to enter and leave at any time they wish to.south sudan has become like a grazing land were animals of all sorts come and graze and leave at any moment they feel like.
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Gunkills, I’m glad you said this brother. I apologize if my comment offense you in an sense. Can you listen to yourself my brother, how would Daniel ask Sudan Tribune for not reporting any Nuer young man who impregnated young lady? You did not give good defense to your assertion. That is why I believe to be discrimination involved in this young people sex scandal termed as violation of custom.
Gueth Bidok
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Omoni
Re-read the article again to understand what the article is all about. This guy is arrested for gettting a girl pregnant not because he dated under age girl. It’s a law in Nuer Land that those who do something like that are either put in jail or pay cows to their in-laws. Nuers are people of laws in nature they don’t just get it after independent.
Tribe
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Peter,yes, two statements that are conflicting.you can’t agree of committing a crime and on other hand,say you have been discrimated.In what basics now?Is it because he has been imprisoned or what? and with that,he received that imprisonment because he didn’t pay the three cows which were demanded upfront. Also, he has no collateral to compensate if he happened to escape which is more than likely
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Thank you Tribe. The reason why I said that Mr. Joki is not contradicting himself is based on the fact that he adhered to Nuer customary law, and I can see that as a fact which he wouldnt disgree. Number two, the reason why I say he is right on being discriminated is base on the fact the he was not allowed to have contact with his embassy and other Kenya who could help bail him out.
Peter Nhiany
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Tribe in order for Mr. Joki to pay upfront the demand of the girl’s family, he has to be out of jail to make contact with his people and also to continue to work so that he pay all of what he is charged. How would he access his money if he has an account to buy those three cows if he is kept incarcrated? Lastly, don’t you think being Kenyan is not a playing its role in George’s case? Thank you
Runrach
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Dear All,
As far as am concern, Kanyi didn’t made a crime against Nuer customary laws only but it’s a crime against both Nuer,Dinka, Toposa. General, it’s a crime against cattle lovers especially those of whom that valued ladies as a source of incomes. Lastly, it’s also against educational code of ethic. And for his security he should be kept in custody.
Mike Mike
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Let the local customary laws of Nuertribe take it course against that Kenyan boy who has committed crime by impregnanting a underaging school girl of Unity State. But this hell issue of S. S women/ girls to plays sex simply with foriegners should not be tolerated/ exist and the government has to take it seriously to talked with all the embassies working in S.S to advise their men not to do that
onego
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Dear Omoni Jr, I think you are a Kenyan. In your country girls are not the sources of wealth and are just dispatcher to streets a dog’s off springs.They are useless. That is why your country is being eroded HIV/AIDS and fatal diseases. This man must face Nuer customary laws for what he done is against NUER norms. Let him faces mischievousness.
siddaw
Kenyan man arrested for impregnating Unity school girl
Dear South Sdanese.
the Nuer’s decission of following the dead customs is only obliterating the lives of innocent South Sudanese expatraites in Kenya.Personally, i have been in Nakuru since 2007, having done the same but having not been jailed. do you wanna tell me that they were not furrious? No but it has to be done in a well ordered manner. not to sentence him to prison without contacting his.
siddaw
Kenyan man arrested for impregnating Unity school girl
please release him and let him resume his work. the girl is eligable of choosing whoever she wish.
to Mr. Njoki. it’s just a lesson in which the illitrate Nuer wanted to teach the allien but usijali. we’ll be free at last. mungu ata kusaidia wewe.
siddaw
Kenyan man arrested for impregnating Unity school girl
@Peter Nhiany. tell those Nuer with the identity of tatoos in their head and their unfair custom laws. Ii Nyan Beny married Ethopians then who’s she to decline?
@Gunkills or whoever you call yourself. you are supporting the unfair laws. all marriages results to a family and we can not tell whether your mum undergo such trail. did they jail your dad for doing it? be fair to everybody.
SSLA/M Supporter
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
18 years old girl isn’t a minor but an adult enough to have her pussy pumped or even get married or impregnated by any walk of life if she is willing to do so, in another words she is legal as she stops growth! means that she is mature enough! However people should be very concern about many paedophiles that are roaming the streets of southern Sudan that are sexually abusing underage school girls!
SSLA/M Supporter
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
Ommani Jr
To hell with your monkeys and HIV infected Kenyans and Ugandans! We don’t want to mix with them so, take them to your areas and contract their sexually transmitted diseases if you wish! Go to hell with them because we don’t need them in our region even Dinka do not need them too! We want to curve the spread of HIV/AIDS in our region, so, No to Kenyans and Ugandans in our regions!!
SSLA/M Supporter
Kenyan man arrested for inpregnating Unity school girl
However people should be very concern about many paedophiles that are roaming the streets of southern Sudan, that are sexually abusing underage school girls or drop-outs using monies as tools to satisfy their sexual desires, those, if caught should be jailed and then deported immediately back to their countries in order to protect our vulnerable school kids!