The song illustrates the sexual abuse many girls go through in life at the hands of family members. Don’t you know I love you?” Mariam narrates how her father used to demand for sex after sneaking into her room late at night. Looking at Mariam’s face, the hot tears clouding her eyes could tell she is still in great pain, pain that no justice can heal. She says the father would beat her up if she refused to have sex with him. Between the months of May and June, about 18 cases of defilement were reported in Kwale, police records indicate.

Source: The Star October 20, 2020 02:03 UTC