SISTERS GANG RAPED AS THEIR DISABLED FATHER WATCHED

BY ADOW JUBAT

Two sisters who were beastly gang raped on Friday afternoon by a group of men in a remote bushes in Bura Tana constituency, Tana River County are nursing severe cervical injuries and trauma at Garissa referral hospital.

The girls age 16 and 23 years respectively were gang raped in turn by a group of 15 men after their father who was in their company was tied on a tree before he was put into the a traumatic ordeal of witnessing his daughters been deflowered by the rapists one after the other.

Speaking of their ordeal that has sparked anger and condemnation from cross section of human right activities and leaders to the Frontier Leaks from their hospital bed the girls said they were raped by their assailants while their immobile father helplessly watches them been violently put into the family way.

On her own accounts, the eldest girl said they were waylaid by the rapists on their way into the interior of a thicket in Wayu village in Bura Tana sub-county, wheere together with their elderly father want to look for their lost camels.

 “While we were walking deep inside the bushes in pursuit of the footprints of our lost camels, we were approached by a group of men numbering about 15 and wielding sharp Pangas and other crude weapons. We thought they were herders going about their normal business, but it down on us they were not, after they violent confronted us starting with our old father” She said while sobbing and looking downward of embarrassment.

She added “We discovered that the gangs were not up for any good when a section of them confronted our aging father and wrestled him to the ground severally bruising him badly on his ankles before tying him on acacia tree as if he was a cow for sale before the other men surrounded us and ordering us to undress for them. Some touting us that, it will be our D-day with men”,

She said the gang turn furious and forcibly undress her first before raping her under the watch of her father and younger sister. My father pleaded with them to kill him instead of humiliating him by doing despicable action to his defenseless girls under his gaze.

“I was about to raise a distress alarm when I felt a strong hands clutch on my mouth before I was dragged to the thorny ground. Another group at the same time descended on my already traumatized younger sister. She was equally wrestled to the ground and repeatedly raped like me in turn by the vicious attackers,” She recounted of the traumatizing experience while wiping tears from blurry eyes.

The victims who said they can positively identify their attackers, but failed to get support from the police officers who are reluctant to pursue their assailants noted their father is admitted at Bura Tana dispensary after developing some complication following the ordeal he was met with by the rapists who raped/defiled his daughters. 

“Our ordeal has been reported at Bura Tana police station before it was first informed to area chief, but the suspects are yet to be arrested or interrogated by the officers” The victims claimed.

Writhing in agonizing pain the younger victim interjects “They tied our father’s hands together backward before tying him his back lying upright on the acacia tree. They then subdivided themselves into two groups and started raping us in turn and swapping us. Each of the rapists has "passed" us,”

She added “Some of the assailants hold us on our legs pressed down to the ground, while one among the gang raped us before giving a chance to his colleague.

The police P3 form and medical report from Bura dispensary, where they were attended to before they were transferred for specialist treatments to Garissa referral hospital confirms of rape and torture met against girls.

Human right activists and political leaders who visited the girl at the hospital have call on the police to immediately apprehend the identified suspects for interrogations instead of remaining mum on the matter since it could spark inter clan fighting since the assailants are believed to be from a different clan with oustanding conflicts with the victims clan.

The Garissa township member of County assembly (MCA) Abdifatah Kassim call for an immediate interdiction of area Chief who was first informed but failed to promptly act since the accused are suspected to be from his clansmen.

Children right activist Ibrahim Aden said it’s totally unacceptable to treat a beastly defilement of minors casually urging the police and the local administration to initiate speedy investigation into the matter with urgency it deserves and bring to justice the culprits immediately.

“These girls are very traumatizing because of what they underwent at the hands of their assailants. This matter shouldn’t be allowed to be handled by village elders for remedy. The culprits most pay for their heinous crimes as provided by the laws” added the Children activist.