A 34 year old rapist infects STDs to a 13 year old girl in Lilongwe

A 34 year old rapist infects STDs to a 13 year old girl in Lilongwe

A 34 year old man in Lilongwe has passed on a Sexual Transmitted Disease (STDs) to a young girl aged 13. The man whose name is Owen Mkambeni is in police custody for defilement charge.

Kanengo Police Station Public Relations Officer Sergeant Esther Mkwanda has confirmed that the young girl was defiled on 2 November but kept silence the matter until her parents on 11^th November noticed some unusual limp movements of the girl and when checked they realized that her private parts were passing pus which caused smell.

According to Sergeant Mkwanda when the Kamuzu Central Hospital examined the victim confirmed in the medical report that the girl has one of the sexually transmitted diseases.

The officer said both the man and the victim lives in area 25 where the incident took place. Sergeant Mkwanda said the rapist defiled the girl when she was on her way to buy airtime at some groceries shop.

The rapist hails from Njolomole village T/A Njolomole in Ncheu and he has failed to appear in court this week due to the ongoing strike by some Court workers.

Reacting to the incident, one of the NGOs operating in Area 25 ‘Nditsogolo Langa’, has condemned the act by calling it ‘unfortunate’ development disturbing girls, and an incident happening in the area barely few days after the organization had a community sensitization campaigns at Kalambo Primary School, a place happens to be the victims school where people were warned of demerits of harassing girls.

“We are pleading with men in the country who have similar evil motives to stop this act and start to respect and protect girls. Sexual abuse is offensive act and is a annoying development which is disturbing the psychological, health and education of girls in this country and we commend police for immediately arresting this man when the matter was reported to them” Said Joyce Chitsulo Executive Director for Nditsogolo Langa

While applauding the parents of the child for their quick reaction by taking the matter to police and plea to other parents to follow suit by not hiding such matters, Chitsulo also views the reaction taken by the victims parents and the girl’s reflection by revealing to her parents about what happened though it took some days, as a positive signal that the community is now utilizing the messages that Nditsogolo Langa has been giving to the community and pupils learning in the schools surrounding area 25.

“Otherwise they would have not reported the matter to police” she said, and explained “May be if it were not for our sensitization campaigns encouraging them to report such kind of abuse cases we would have not known, or parents would have kept this silence and say this is our internal issue lets resolve it internally and in the process violating the rights of the girl.”

Chitsulo has pledged commitment that her organizations will continue making sensitization messages of empowering girls and women in the area particularly on the importance of reporting to police or any relevant authority any incidences of rape or harassment in order to end such malpractice.