It’s much shocking by the frequent incidents
of rape cases happening in the slums. Rape not only is becoming a major
disaster in the slums but also in other parts of the nation. Those affected
mostly being from primary school girls to women. For the recent few months have
heard and witnessed around four cases of rape:
In the first event two primary
school girls, one at class 6 and the other at class 4, were raped overnight and
on the following day, the man locked them up in the house and went to work. The
second, a girl about 20 years and a mother of a 3 years son, was kidnapped at
around 9:00pm coming from a shop by 7 boys and raped till late in the night.
Thirdly, a girl also about 20 years of age on a bridge was thrown to the sewage
to suffocate and was then raped. On the last scene, a woman was beaten nearly
to death by a friend they were parting with when she resisted him. The woman
was from Huruma and had come to Kibera for the party, and then the friend took
advantage of that.
Though the events raise a lot of
questions from the government, the community and the victims, to me, it means
that there is a lot that has to be done. Despite the fact that there has been
enthusiastic campaigning from many groups and NGO’s in the slums about rape,
these scenes are clear indications that they are yet a thousand steps to reach
at the roots of this crime.
Finally, what I think needs to be
done is to create a strong cohesion between, the government, the community and
other groups. This will build a conducive environment and a free society where
we can communicate to one another, because silence is the main root for the
increased incidents of rape in the society. If the victims will speak, the
society will shout, the groups and NGO’s will talk, and lastly the Government
will act and those involved in the offense will be locked up. 
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