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Moi Girls’ Rape Case blame Shifted To Lesbian students in the school
Parents at the gate of Moi Girls High School following last year’s fire tragedy. (Courtesy)
NAIROBI—The rape case in Moi Girls High School has taken a new twist with reports indicating that the rape might have been instigated by lesbian students.
An independent investigation by Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has raised questions about the version of events following interviews with the victim, fellow students and workers, concluding the probe could not place a man at the scene on the night of June 1.
The Kuppet report also stated that the structural composition of the school only had three possible entrances where the dormitory could access, they failed to understand why a rapist or a stranger using the roof could leave 100 girls on the first floor to go for one on the ground floor where the toilets are also located.
“If you enter the school you have to pass two dormitories before getting to Elgon, the hostel where the girl was. Why would a rapist pass two hostels and specifically go to Elgon?” posed a school official who requested to remain anonymous.
The school official said security cameras positioned outside the hostel were working, contradicting initial reports that they were not operational at the time the incident happened. The footage, according to the official, didn’t show any outsider entering the hostel that night.
“When the girl woke up some minutes past 5am on Saturday, she panicked on realising she had slept on another girl’s bed,” recounted the school official.
The school regulations forbid students from sharing beds or sleeping away from their assigned beds. According to the source, once the girl woke up, she reported feeling pain in her genitalia. Confused, she started crying.
According to sources in the school, some girls may have violated the affected student by inserting an object in her genitals against her will and perhaps, without her knowledge.
Both sources indicate that the girl failed to name her violators, a move they suspect was out of fear or because she does not recall their identities.
