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?I was gang-raped and swept it under carpet, now I have HIV

Woman recounts ordeal as she walked home and was waylaid by five men. Statistics show 84.8pc of rape victims do not report cases to police. [iStockphoto]

It's been said that cases of gender-based violence spiked during the lockdown—but we just don't know the full extent.  

Within the first months of Kenya going into lockdown early last year, media was awash with cases of gender-based violence stories across the country. Reports indicated that cases of sexual violence had escalated following the measures introduced to prevent Covid-19 spread. 

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