Both women were found dead in Kenya this week, and while their murders are not linked they have shone a spotlight on violence against women, which the government says has grown worse since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tirop was found in her bed at her home in the town of Iten, with multiple stab wounds to the neck. Police on Thursday arrested a man they described as her husband, whom they called"the main suspect."Makokha, who was a student at the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy in Nairobi, was raped, killed and then dumped in a river. She had been on her way to visit family in Western Kenya on Oct. 4 when she disappeared. Her body was found days later.
"I'm scared," said 17-year-old Latifah Shaban, who shared a bunk bed with Makokha. She said Makokha often woke up at 3am, cracked the hallway door open, and used that light to study."I've heard a lot of rape cases. I'm just always scared about men… it's worse," she said. The school's dorms are only a few months old, created to help protect the girls, many of whom come from vulnerable living situations, administrators said.
"As much as we are trying to ensure that the girls are safe, outside they…. are not safe," said Claris Akinyi, the school's principal.
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