Kenya: Uproar Over Rape By Police

Mary Muragwa is a victim of sexual violence, not at the hands of riff-raff that terrorise villages and prod dark alleys, but of officers paid by taxpayers to protect her.

One day in March, six years ago, police stormed her house in Bungoma ostensibly to arrest her husband whose political rhetoric had infuriated the State and a few local politicians. But he had managed to bolt ahead of them.

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