Two incidences of violation of rights have recently caught the public attention in Kenya.
In the first incident, a week ago, two sisters from Kenana primary School in Nakuru county were reported to have missed school for a week after allegedly being mocked by a female teacher for not wearing undergarments.
The older sister, 16 years old, had been initially sent home for fee arrears, when the younger one, 11 years old was summoned, scolded and beaten for wearing a trouser inside her school uniform.
When the older sister returned to negotiate her case of financial challenge, she found her sister, with whom she was ashamed in the presence of the entire staff including the male teachers for not having undergarments.
The teacher's lack of emotional intelligence has cost the minors' performance socially, emotionally and academically. The children who clearly need psychological counselling, mentioned how ashamed they are and how difficult it is for them to face the male teachers and even their schoolmates after the incident.
In another incident, a twenty-two-year-old expectant woman in Narok county is seen in a video that caused public outrage, being savagely beaten by four men who are alleged to be her brothers.
The men storms into her house and drags her out before commencing to rain torrents of beatings on her unceasingly despite her painful cries, later carrying her away to lock her in a room
The woman had apparently refused to return to her previous husband whom she had been forced to marry. The woman's former husband was suspected to have sent the brothers to go for her, claiming he had already paid her dowry.
The victim was however treated and taken to a Gender Based Violence rescue center.
Just how extreme can people go in violating human rights? Despite the measure taken in curbing GBV and such cases, a few individuals are still determined to spark attention by their brutal capacity of assaulting their victims.
