When defilement victims have to share the same home with their abusers

Some of the rescued girls who escaped FGM at Komotobo Center in Kuria East sub-county on December 11. Police are protecting centres for fear of attacks by locals. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

Valence Awuor, 13, recalls the day she left home after her step-father defiled her.

Two days after the incident, her mother told her to carry a bucket of the bathing water to the bathroom for her step-father. Instead of simply thanking her for performing the chore, as a father would, he threatened her.