Just when I think I can't be shocked anymore by the behavior of Kenyans something happens to make me think I will never understand this place at all. Last week there was a story of a young lady who had her clothes stripped off her by a group of men at the Embasssava bus stage. The men attacked her for allegedly being indecently dressed. The attack was captured on video and posted on Youtube prompting outrage on social media under the hashtag #mydressmychoice. There was a protest march through Nairobi yesterday by both Kenyan men and women carrying placards that read "My dress, my choice" while others wore mini-skirts.
You would think that a protest like this would at least put a stop to these senseless actions but just hours later on the same day a middle-aged woman was rushed to hospital after she was roughed up and stripped naked in Kayole area over claims she was indecently dressed. This time around the police were called in and currently over 90 suspects have been arrested while the police investigate.
Incidences of women being stripped occur in many parts of the country including Mombasa and Nakuru. This has never made any sense to me because if you are so concerned over what little someone is wearing then help cover them up, why strip them and therefore expose more skin. These actions lead me to believe the people committing these acts are less interested in morality and are just looking for an excuse to commit sexual assaults on women. This is an incident that makes one ashamed of their countrymen.
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