Three men who stripped and sexually abused woman inside a Githurai bus arrested

Nairobi, Kenya: Three people including the crew of a bus where a woman was stripped and sexually abused in Nairobi have been arrested.

The three were arrested Thursday after the woman came out and helped police in identifying the Githurai 45 bound bus along Thika Road.

The bus was also detained at the Kasarani Police Station after the Anti-Stripping Police Squad dramatically stopped it on the busy highway.

The squad with their colleagues from Kasarani Police Station are looking for more suspects who were involved in the incident.

Police in the city had appealed to the woman who was captured in a video clip while pleading with the men not to assault her to come forward and help them in solving the case.

The video was captured in the bus and shows the woman pleading with her attackers not to rape her and insert a bottle into her private parts as they had threatened while touching her.

She recorded her statement at the station.

Nairobi Area head of CID Nicholas Kamwende said the arrest of the suspects was a step forward in the war on the crime that is on the rise.

“We still have threats to our women and urge the lady who was assaulted and stripped at the Embasava bus stop to also come out. We must stop these criminals,” said Kamwende.

The “Anti Stripping Squad” that is based in Nairobi Area has more than a dozen officers and is specifically focusing on increasing cases of attacks on women.

At least five women have been stripped in the last three weeks in a worrying trend.

Five other men are expected to appear in court Friday over the stripping of a woman two weeks ago in Kayole, Nairobi.

The five were Wednesday positively identified by the victim as being part of a gang that attacked her and stripped her naked on claims she was indecently dressed.

The suspects were arrested by the special police squad that has been formed to hunt down and deal with men who are stripping women in public.

They included Michael Kamau, Zachary Gitonga, Kelvin Njuguna, David Kinuthia and Hosea Kassim. It is alleged that on November 17, at Mihang’o bus stop in Kayole, they humiliated and assaulted Regina Nyambura.

They appeared before senior principal magistrate Victor Wakumile on two accounts of assault and committing an indecent act but they did not take plea until Friday because one of them is deaf and hence needs a sign language interpreter.

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has also sought special permission from the Director of Public Prosecution to prosecute men stripping women in public.