Christine Kamene has contemplated suicide several times since December 10th, 2020.
A single mother of three girls, aged 5, 10 and 13, Christine works as a labourer, washing people"s clothes and gardening to feed them. She had left "Mary" (not her real name,) the 10-year old at a St, Catherine Orthodox Childcare Center, where her other 5-year old attends under the care of the "Christian family" that owns and lives in the property so they could help her to take her mid-day dose. Little did she know she had left her sick girl to a hyena, as the "78-year old owner and elder" of the Orthodox Church sodomized her 10-year old, beat her up and threatened to behead her if she told anyone it was him. The little girl was allegedly told her to say she was raped by some people outside the compound, a version she maintained for two days, as her mother sought for treatment in several facilities for her badly torn private organs. A Good Samaritan assisted her with fare to Nairobi Women Hospital where "Mary" continued with treatment for the next 6 months.

In the meantime, when "Mary" finally revealed who had sodomized her, by the name David Njoroge Karanja, (whom she calls "Guka" i.e., grandfather) and the matter was reported at Githurai Mwiki Police Station, the suspect was locked up over the weekend (OB. No 52/15/12/2020). That evening, Christine was visited by the son of the suspect and his wife and 3 other "senior church elders" who warned her against "tainting" the name of the "highly respected elder" as there would be consequences. The visit worsened the state of the traumatized girl who crawled under the bed in pain having lost control of both urine and feaces. Although all this happened on 15th December, 2021, the matter was mentioned in January, 2021 and a different "young" man produced in court to take plea. It was only after protest by Christine to the judge that the "real" old man was brought. Even then, the suspect was released on ksh, 200, 000 bond (Case No 52/15/12/2020).

The son of the perpetrator went again 0n 25th January at 1310 hours to warn her further that he will kill her himself if his father went to prison. Although Christine reported the threats at the police station (OB No 26/25/01/21), no action was taken. When the case was mentioned in 2nd March, 2021, Christine and her daughter allege to have been verbally warned by the brother of the accused- that he wouldn"t hesitate to harm them to protect his brother. The case has never began and there is hostility even from the investigating officer, to a point that the pant "Mary" was wearing during the incident has never been received as an exhibit, even though the doctor had stapled and labeled it after examining the girl.

Consequent to the above events;
Christine was so traumatized by the sight of the damage to her daughter"s privates, that she was never able to touch or wash her-it took a close friend to wash and nurse her damaged section.