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Teen: 'I refuse to be broken after gang-rape'

Joan* is undergoing professional counselling after suffering rejection from family

When she left with a friend for a disco matanga at Machakos in Teso North to celebrate, among other things, her 18th birthday, *Joan didn't know the agony that awaited her entry into adulthood.

As she was walking home at 10pm after having one too many drinks, her journey was interrupted by four men who raped her in turns until she passed out.

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