Recalling how the incident occurred, the girl said she knows
only one of the men from Facebook and gave his name as "Vincent". She
said he invited her to his home in Mbale, a distance of 210 kilometers from
Mbita where she stays with her Aunt.
She said;
“I met the man on Facebook. His first name is Vincent, and
the surname indicates he is of Luhya ethnicity. He invited me to Mbale, Vihiga
County so that I know where he stays — Hekima area. I usually stay with my
aunt. I told her that I was going to pay mum a visit and return on Sunday, June
14.
“He told me to use my money to travel to his place, and that
he will refund once I get there. Vincent
defiled and kicked me out of his house without giving me any money to travel
back home.
“While stranded, I met a boda boda rider, who promised to
provide me with somewhere to shelter for the night. He further said that the
following day, he will take me to Kisumu, where I will board a bus home. He
took me to a lodging facility in Kakamega, where he defiled and stole my phone.
“On returning to Mbale, I met yet another man, who took me
to Vincent’s place. We found the door had been locked. The then-curfew cut-off
hour of 7pm had clocked. So, the man told me he would take me to his place,
where I would spend the night. While at his home, he defiled me and kicked me
out the following morning.
“I want this case to be pursued to the end. The men hurt
me."
The rape victim who said a
female Good Samaritan helped her seek medical treatment and file a
report at Mbale Police Station on June 10, identified her last defiler as one
Davies, who “stays near Mbale High School”.
The mother of the 17-year-old on her own part said;
“My 17-year-old daughter stays with her aunt, who lives in
Mbita. She (daughter) told me that she would come home on Friday, June 5. When
I called her later Friday to inquire, why she had taken long to arrive home,
she said I shouldn’t worry, and that she’d be home soon. In the evening, her
phone line was unreachable. I did not know where she had gone to, or what had
happened to her.
“On Tuesday, June 9, I received a call from a police officer
attached to Mbale Police Station. The cop asked me to go to the station because
my daughter was seriously ill. I was shocked; I did not know how she got to
Mbale in Vihiga County, a place that I, personally, had never set foot in. I
was told that she met one of her defilers on Facebook.”
K2TV reported that one of the suspects, David Nyangweso has
been arrested and arraigned. He is being held in custody as investigations into
the matter continue.
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