And this most sickening attack of a sexual nature is perpetrated by the girl’s father, who happens to be her mother’s husband. For years, her mother has been subjected to the most dehumanising form of sexual abuse, physical violence and emotional torture. From her alternative accommodation, the woman is receiving psychosocial support while the child now has a much better life. And they offer a helping hand to girls and women in difficult and abusive situations almost on bare hands. It was later revealed that the man had, for a long time, been defiling the eight-year-old and subjecting her to other forms of child abuse.

Source: Daily Nation August 11, 2020 21:45 UTC