A Kenyan father has been sentenced to three months in prison or a fine of 20,000 shillings ($185; £131) for allowing his seven-year-old son to drive his vehicle on a public road.

Ayub Kinyanjui was arrested on Monday after a video of the boy driving near a shopping centre in Muranga County, north of the capital, Nairobi, was widely shared online over the weekend.

In court in Muranga County’s Kandara town on Tuesday he pleaded guilty to the charge of allowing an unlicensed person to knowingly drive a vehicle.

A Kenyan vernacular radio station tweeted a photo of him in court: