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Groups demand justice as rape and defilement soar in county

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Four-year-old Nekesa* was defiled on April 12, 2024, when she was still aged 3. [Gardy Chacha, Standard]

Atieno* received a call from her daughter's teachers, asking her to rush to school.

On arrival, she was told that her 16-year-old daughter Nekesa*, was sick with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that had left her with grotesque wounds in her private parts.

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