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| Children from Busia Airstrip Primary School present carton boxes with 1.2million signatures from people world wide who are demanding justice for children. [Photo: Jane Cherotich] |
Human rights organisations and children's rights crusaders on Monday participated in a peaceful street march in Busia as part of the "Justice For Liz" campaign, the 16-year-old Busia girl who was gang-raped by six men, violently attacked and left for dead in Tingolo, Butula, mid last year.
Representatives from Equality Now, Coalition on Violence Against Women (Covaw) and Rural Education and Economic Enhancement Programme (Reep) together with area residents later called on County Commissioner Isaiah Nakoru at his office seeking answers concerning the alarming rate of child defilement cases in Busia County.
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