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 11th 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.
