In Nakuru, Kenya, Two women fighting for the custody of a three-month-old baby were left in shock after the DNA results revealed that neither of them is the biological mother of the child.
The test was conducted by Pamela Okello at a State Laboratory amid a child trafficking case.
The results which were presented in a Nakuru Court on Monday indicated that the child had no biological relationship with either Lilian Auma or Calland Mwajuma.
Consequently, the biological mother of the child remains unknown.
“Based on DNA profile generated from the listed samples, both Auma and Mwajuma are excluded as biological mothers to the infant,” part of the report read.
Auma was arrested by police in Busia County on August 11 after she was accused of stealing the baby from Mwajuma in Nakuru on July 1.
When the two women were presented in court, they both claimed that they were the biological mothers of the child, forcing the court to direct a DNA test to be carried out.
State counsel requested the court to give the prosecution 14 days for the matter to be taken back to the office of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) for further investigation.
“We would wish the case to be handled by DCI for the two to record statements and further investigations to be done,” Nelly Waweru noted.
Principal Magistrate Bernard Mararo directed for the case to be taken to the DCI for investigation before it would be mentioned on October 14.
