“It was on a Monday morning when I was preparing to take my son back to school after a mid term vacation when I realized all was not well with him.
I almost picked a quarrel with him wondering why he took so long to put on his uniform but since this had not been witnessed earlier I decided to give him time, but this went overboard and my patience run out and had to storm his bedroom only to find him sitting on the floor crying.
When he saw me he was quick to tell me that he was not ready to go back to that school since something had happened. My son has been sodomized.
Leslie, is one of the mothers who have to contend with this heinous crime that is getting root in Kenyans schools.
She has been left with no option than taking her 14 year old son to a counselor since he can no longer share time with older boys anymore.
His case is not unique since so many boys his age have been sodomized by older boys in schools but opted for silence maybe to ward off gossip or revenge at the right time. The vicious crime is going on unabated especially in secondary schools where elder boys take advantage of younger and newly admitted boys.
The situation is almost getting out of hand since investigation show that some principals are aware of this yet no serious steps are taking against the perpetrators. And having witnessed the madness that hit high schools recently, parents are not leaving anything to chance.
Some have opted to take their kids to day schools where they are able to monitor them on daily basis.
Parents are now calling on the government to move with speed and arrest the heinous crime which has left thousands traumatized.
