10 school girls raped and the police turned them away?

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10 schoolgirls raped in night protest

By e Ogutu

A student protest march turned tragic when ten girls were raped by a

gang that accosted them as they stormed out of school on Sunday night.

Three of the girls from Kangubiri High School in Nyeri are admitted at

the provincial general hospital while the other seven are yet to seek

help. Of the three, two are in Form One and the third in Form Four.

The ordeal began at 1.30am when all the 700 students broke down the

school gate and stormed out to protest against the administration. But

they were attacked by the gang right outside the gate where some of

them were raped as the others scattered in fright.

" Unfortunately their screams could have been confused with the excited

shouts of the protestors, " said a Form Three student.

The others fell prey to rapists when they stampeded to the nearby

Muthinga Trading Centre and tried to hide, only to fall into the

waiting hands of the attackers. The three girls, who were seriously

injured and traumatised, were first taken to a private hospital, but

were turned away because they did not have P3 forms from the police.

On Monday, the school's principal, Mrs h Kagume, refused to

discuss both the rape and the protest march.

" I do not want to say anything about what happened, I cannot talk on

the phone. Please do not ask me the plight of the girls who were

attacked, " Mrs Kagume said.

Girls traumatised

Pressed further, Kagume said she was aware of neither the rape nor the

reasons for the walkout. Some students told The Standard they were

protesting against the management's high-handedness and poor diet.

They were also demanding that their wake-up time be changed from

4.30am to 5am.

Kagume said all the 700 girls stood suspended and that their parents

must report to the school on Monday.

Education officers, who visited the school, said investigations showed

that " at least 10 girls were raped " .

" Their colleagues talked to us freely, but only three have come

forward. There is nothing we can do unless the rest come forward, "

said an officer.

The acting Central Provincial Director of Education, Mr Kennedy Sakwa,

said: " The school has 700 students, who went out at night complaining

about high handedness, inadequate food and detention of unruly

students. The girls also wanted the wake-up time pushed to 5am from

4.30 am. " Another official said he was moved to tears when he talked

to one of the girls in hospital.

" The girls are three. There is no denying what has been done to them.

One of the girls' clothes were torn, another's soiled. We had to close

down the school indefinitely, " he said.

The hospital's Medical Superintendent, Dr Victor Muyembe, said the

girls were brought in on Monday morning.

" It is true they have been defiled. I cannot give you more information

and neither can I allow you to talk to them. They are in great shock.

They are traumatised, " he said.

He added that all three had been given anti-retroviral drugs to

prevent them from contracting HIV. By 3pm on Monday, several students

were stranded in Nyeri Town.

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[Guest guest]

Poor, poor job!!

10 schoolgirls raped in night protest

By e Ogutu

A student protest march turned tragic when ten girls were raped by a

gang that accosted them as they stormed out of school on Sunday night.

Three of the girls from Kangubiri High School in Nyeri are admitted at

the provincial general hospital while the other seven are yet to seek

help. Of the three, two are in Form One and the third in Form Four.

The ordeal began at 1.30am when all the 700 students broke down the

school gate and stormed out to protest against the administration. But

they were attacked by the gang right outside the gate where some of

them were raped as the others scattered in fright.

" Unfortunately their screams could have been confused with the excited

shouts of the protestors, " said a Form Three student.

The others fell prey to rapists when they stampeded to the nearby

Muthinga Trading Centre and tried to hide, only to fall into the

waiting hands of the attackers. The three girls, who were seriously

injured and traumatised, were first taken to a private hospital, but

were turned away because they did not have P3 forms from the police.

On Monday, the school's principal, Mrs h Kagume, refused to

discuss both the rape and the protest march.

" I do not want to say anything about what happened, I cannot talk on

the phone. Please do not ask me the plight of the girls who were

attacked, " Mrs Kagume said.

Girls traumatised

Pressed further, Kagume said she was aware of neither the rape nor the

reasons for the walkout. Some students told The Standard they were

protesting against the management's high-handedness and poor diet.

They were also demanding that their wake-up time be changed from

4.30am to 5am.

Kagume said all the 700 girls stood suspended and that their parents

must report to the school on Monday.

Education officers, who visited the school, said investigations showed

that " at least 10 girls were raped " .

" Their colleagues talked to us freely, but only three have come

forward. There is nothing we can do unless the rest come forward, "

said an officer.

The acting Central Provincial Director of Education, Mr Kennedy Sakwa,

said: " The school has 700 students, who went out at night complaining

about high handedness, inadequate food and detention of unruly

students. The girls also wanted the wake-up time pushed to 5am from

4.30 am. " Another official said he was moved to tears when he talked

to one of the girls in hospital.

" The girls are three. There is no denying what has been done to them.

One of the girls' clothes were torn, another's soiled. We had to close

down the school indefinitely, " he said.

The hospital's Medical Superintendent, Dr Victor Muyembe, said the

girls were brought in on Monday morning.

" It is true they have been defiled. I cannot give you more information

and neither can I allow you to talk to them. They are in great shock.

They are traumatised, " he said.

He added that all three had been given anti-retroviral drugs to

prevent them from contracting HIV. By 3pm on Monday, several students

were stranded in Nyeri Town.

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