A Kenyan Citizen residing in Tacoma US, has been charged with rape and kidnapping after he forced a 15-year-old girl forcing to perform oral sex on him in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood last week.
Michael Muthee Munywe, 36, was on Monday charged with first-degree rape and first-degree kidnapping with sexual motivation for an incident last Wednesday and his bail set at Ksh102 million.
According to a press release from the prosecutor’s office, the girl called 911 and told the dispatcher where she was and what she was wearing, but acted like she was talking to her mother.
The dispatcher went ahead and asked if someone was trying to hurt her, and the girl said yes.
Police arrived and saw the girl and Munywe talking and officers “noted she had a terrified look on her face as if she was in extreme distress” and immediately pulled her away from Munywe.
According to the News Tribune,The girl then told police she got off the bus and saw Munywe at the bus stop and She didn’t know him, but he approached and said “I missed you, I’m glad I see you again.”
She said he kissed her on the check and she pushed him away, but he tried to do it a second time and ended up grabbing her arm and forcing him to walk with her.
She said Munywe told her he would hurt her if she tried to get away, and dragged her into an alley and forced her to perform oral sex.
A new report has revealed shocking details on child sexual abuse in the country, with Nairobi County leading. The revelation comes amid debate on the increase in teenage pregnancies.
The report by the International Child Protection Conference 2018 indicates that, despite an 11-year-old law protecting children, they are still being sexually abused.