DEFYING CULTURE

College student flees bid to force her to marry

Under family pressure to wed a man she barely knew she hid in toilet to avoid taking binding oath

By CAROLINE WAFULA

21-year-old woman yesterday de­fied cultural dictates by escaping from a forced marriage arranged by her family.

By JOEL OKWAYO

Hundreds of children in West­ern Province are at the risk of malnutrition if the food crisis es­calates.

Many mothers say they have been forced to feed their children on white porridge.

Naivasha gains notoriety as defilers' den widens

BY ANTONY GITONGA

FIRST it was her brother who called her into the smoky muddy hut and defiled her. It was a cold Sunday morning and their father was in church.

Too scared to scream, the 12 ­year-old girl lay still as her 20-year old brother, a mortuary attendant, threatened to kill her if she revealed the incident.