The first aspect of this invitation has to do with the personal impact of such moments of grief. Her dependents have asked the county secretary and head of public service Hiram Kahiro how best they might sustain themselves in the coming years. The second, and perhaps more urgent aspect of the invitation, has to do with ongoing personal and public responses to the incident. Importantly, there is an increasing acknowledgment of sexual violence, the social reality of a declining moral compass and tentative steps to ignite a future in which no woman, child or man has to grapple with gender-based violence. Until Mundothi’s demise, some residents had been slow in realising that sexual violence destroys not only the victim but communities as well.

Source: The Star December 10, 2019 00:56 UTC