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Anyango (not her real name) was only 16 years old when her step father raped her in Kisumu County. Her step dad did this inhumane act to her when her mother had left for the market. He ordered her to take off her clothes and raped her.
He warned her that if she dared scream or told her mother or anyone about what had happened, he would kill both of them. He told her that she wasn’t her daughter and that she only came with her mother so he had nothing to lose.
Anyango never said a word to her mother or anyone else. She kept it to herself. For the first 3 weeks things seemed okay. Although she was being tormented from the inside, Anyango acted as if everything was okay. She went to school on time, did her assignments on time and was active in class as always.
During the fourth week, she started vomiting. She knew something was not right because she had missed her periods. She was so scared to tell her mother. She feared that if she dared spoke about what her evil dad did to her, both of them would be dead. Then she went to the hospital secretly to request for a pregnancy test and that is when it was confirmed that she was 4 weeks pregnant. The doctor was not done. She revealed to Anyango that she was also HIV positive.
She broke out into tears in the doctor’s room. “What has my father done to me? Why me? He has ruined my life completely. Why is the world and life so harsh to me? How will I face the world now? What will my friends and community say about me? How am I supposed to raise my father’s child” Anyango cried out loud in agony.
She left the hospital room crying and cursing her father. Sadly she could not take the agony and committed suicide on that same day. Her step father was nowhere to be found when police officers came looking for him.
According to the Gender Violence Recovery Center (GVRC), one in five Kenyan women has experienced sexual violence and 90% of reported perpetrators are men who are known by the victims. Majority of them are relatives, neighbors, parents and even family friends.
Sexual violence is a human rights violation and should be stopped in the country immediately. No woman or girl should be subjected to sexual violence. If we really love and care for our women then the best gift we can give them is ending sexual violence in the country.
Source: Standard
He warned her that if she dared scream or told her mother or anyone about what had happened, he would kill both of them. He told her that she wasn’t her daughter and that she only came with her mother so he had nothing to lose.
Anyango never said a word to her mother or anyone else. She kept it to herself. For the first 3 weeks things seemed okay. Although she was being tormented from the inside, Anyango acted as if everything was okay. She went to school on time, did her assignments on time and was active in class as always.
During the fourth week, she started vomiting. She knew something was not right because she had missed her periods. She was so scared to tell her mother. She feared that if she dared spoke about what her evil dad did to her, both of them would be dead. Then she went to the hospital secretly to request for a pregnancy test and that is when it was confirmed that she was 4 weeks pregnant. The doctor was not done. She revealed to Anyango that she was also HIV positive.
She broke out into tears in the doctor’s room. “What has my father done to me? Why me? He has ruined my life completely. Why is the world and life so harsh to me? How will I face the world now? What will my friends and community say about me? How am I supposed to raise my father’s child” Anyango cried out loud in agony.
She left the hospital room crying and cursing her father. Sadly she could not take the agony and committed suicide on that same day. Her step father was nowhere to be found when police officers came looking for him.
According to the Gender Violence Recovery Center (GVRC), one in five Kenyan women has experienced sexual violence and 90% of reported perpetrators are men who are known by the victims. Majority of them are relatives, neighbors, parents and even family friends.
Sexual violence is a human rights violation and should be stopped in the country immediately. No woman or girl should be subjected to sexual violence. If we really love and care for our women then the best gift we can give them is ending sexual violence in the country.
Source: Standard
