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)athers can no longer be entrusted with the custody of their daughters because the daughter have become their prey as their fathers see them as sexual partners worth of domestic rape. 7he country has experienced an unprecedented trend in domestic rape cases perpetrated by these fathers.
Some time back domestic rape was often committed by fathers under the guise of an authentic daughter virginity test before they are wedded to their suitable partners. 7he culprits, through their brutal sexual offences, seek to validate the fallacy that incest all municipalities in the country.
It is because of this misunderstanding that at the annual meeting it was ex plained that the forum was not a meeting to look at expenditure variances of differ ent budget programmes.
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&ouncillors do that every month through the finance committee, which is comprised of councillors and they review the progress of all the council’s programmes every month. 7his is almost is normal as it brings good luck to their daughters. 7he escalating rate of do mestic rape cases has been fuelled by certain families’ tendencies to protect the perpetrator mainly because he is the breadwinner and financial pillar of that family. So these family members cannot risk losing the financial back ing from these culprits.
)amilies and relatives are now and then encouraged to speak out against this evil because it inverts normal social order and violates the family norms. 7he home setting is not longer a safe place for the upbringing of girl children because of immoral fathers, who roam freely without facing the
law for their criminal offences as they bribe their relatives to keep domestic rape cases under wraps. 7he physical and mental trauma which comes back to haunt the survivors may stifle their progress in life and slow down the de velopment of their personalities. 7he stigma attached to their personalities tend to have permanent effects on the girls, who need intensive counselling to rebuild their character.
$ number of these cases remain unreported for fear of victimisation or because the survivor does not want to risk being disowned and ostracised by the perpetrator or family. Some are coaxed into protecting and absolving the rapists of such offences.
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