Re: [wanabidii] STAILI MPYA YA KUANDAMANA KENYA

Its really a sad story, I support the move too. However,  demonstrators used a style of its kind enough to alert all concerned organs including the general public.

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com> wrote:

MNgonge,

That demonstration was a reaction to this story. A 16 yr-old girl was gang-raped by a group of men then they dumped her unconscious body into a pit latrine. When finally arrested, the only punishment they got was to cut grass in the police compound. Kenyan women found this unfair and thus the demonstration.

Here is part of the story:

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/?articleID=2000096460&story_title=kenyans-petition-over-grass-cutting-punishment-for-busia-gang-rape

Petition against grass cutting punishment for Busia gang-rape hits 1 million

Updated Tuesday, October 29th 2013 at 10:56 GMT +3

KENYA: More than a million people have signed an online petition demanding justice after three men accused of brutally gang-raping a girl in Kenya were ordered to cut grass as punishment.

The policemen who ordered the punishment should be disciplined for failing to investigate rape charges, the petition said. 

The 16-year old was gang-raped and dumped in a pit latrine in Busia. When her case came to light earlier this month, it caused national outrage.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has ordered the national police to investigate why the local force, known as administration police, did not fully investigate the alleged rape, and instead ordered the suspects to cut grass.

The alleged rapists are reported to have gone into hiding.
The petition - published by online campaign group Avaaz - called on Kenya's police chief David Kimaiyo to "deliver justice" for the girl, named Liz.

Her alleged attackers should be immediately arrested and prosecuted and disciplinary action should be instituted against police officers who "dismally failed to handle her case", the petition said.

"By holding these police officers to account you will send a strong message to police everywhere that rape is not a misdemeanour, it is a serious crime, and if police do not uphold the law they will be held to account," it added.

"We call on you to ensure Liz's case is a turning point to end the war on girls."

The 16-year old was attacked after returning from a grandfather's funeral in a village in Busia, western Kenya, the local Daily Nation newspaper reported earlier this month. Her back was broken during the attacks and she now uses a wheelchair, reported the paper, which first reported the story and led a campaign to raise funds to cover her medical costs.

-BBC

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 6:44 AM, mngonge <mngonge@gmail.com> wrote:

Maurice

Mbona hujatujuza maandamano ya jana huko Nairobi ambapo akina mama walionekana wakiandamana wakiwa wamebeba mabango ya kutaka wabakaji wachukuliwe hatua kali. Mabango yalikuwa ya aina yake maana baadhi yake zilitundikwa nguo za ndani. Niliiona kwenye taarifa ya habari ya BBC swahili jana. Kweli hii ni aina mpya ya kudai haki huko Kenya

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