Sodomy is real in Kakamega

They are usually dirty, they eat bad food, wear torn clothes and are usually smelly.We call them chokoraas, while foreigners call them street children.We never want to associate with them in anyway.When important people come to the county we carry them like bags of potatoes and hide them because they bring shame. How shameful of us to treat street children without dignity and respect.For Christ sake these young are human beings.When they cry out loud we turn a blind eye and deaf ear to them.No one knows what young male street children go through every single night.While you sleep in your king size bed, a young male street child is being sodomized by an older male street child.On Friday evening, a young male street child age 12 approached me near Tuskys mega mall in Kakamega He looked weak and wasn't walking properly.I could tell something was wrong.He borrowed 5 shillings but was reluctant at first.The young boy broke into tears.I promised to to give him 109 shillings if he told me what was bothering him and it is that moment he decided to speak. A sombre mood engulfed me as tears rolled down my cheeks when the young man emotionally shared his experience about the sexual abuse he had suffered at the hands of older male street children on a daily basis.He narrated that young street boys hardly sleep at night because they are repeatedly sodomized by older male street children.The older male street children use no protection hence putting the lives of these children in danger.They risk being infected with HIV and other STDs.When we go to the hospital / police station we are usually chased away because they say we are dirty and we don't belong there.This news sent shivers down my spine since I found it rather absurd that security personnel who are supposed to be the custodians of the law and order,actually send these children away when they report.I am standing up for the plight of street children in Kenya whose stories remain untold because no one actually bothers to listen to them.They totally have no one to fight for them, no one to help them seek medical services when they are defiled,sodomised and raped.Lack of recreational facilities has contributed to 'streetism'among children because they have nothing to keep them busy.

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