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Uproar over narcotics and sex pests menace

Outrage as men accused of defiling minor roam freely. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • Mt Kenya South Maendeleo ya Wanawake Chairperson Lucy Nyambura told the Nation that “in all instances where a sex pest strikes, the motivating factor is narcotics-induced (85 per cent).” 
  • The Kenya Women Parliamentarians Associations (Kewopa) said the frequency, elaborate cruelty and normality of defilement incidents being reported in the region is enough to classify the issue as a ‘Mt Kenya tragedy’.

Women lobbies in Mt Kenya have accused the government of neglecting the war against narcotics and sex pests, saying 15 underage girls from the region get defiled daily.

Mt Kenya South Maendeleo ya Wanawake Chairperson Lucy Nyambura told the Nation that “in all instances where a sex pest strikes, the motivating factor is narcotics’ induced (85 per cent).”