KENYA: Two out of the 12 Nepalese women trafficked into the Kenya to work as dancers at a popular bar in Mombasa by Canadian national Asif Amirali Alibhai Jetha were minors, a Mombasa court ruled.
Paul Kimotho from Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, who conducted an age assessment of the 12 women, told a Shanzu court that two of the victims of human trafficking were 16 and 17 years old.
Dentist Kimotho, while testifying in a case in which Mombasa tycoon Asif Amirali Alibhai Jetha is accused of human trafficking and economic exploitation of minors, said eight of the women were aged between 22 and 26 years, while two were over 30.
Jetha, the proprietor of Rangeela Bar and Restaurant, a high-end entertainment joint in the leafy suburbs of Nyali, was charged before Shanzu Senior Resident Magistrate David Odhiambo of wilfully and negligently engaging 16-year-old and 17-year-old girls in hazardous work, namely dancing in a club, which was harmful to their development.
(with inputs from Agencies)
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