Older women prey on schoolboys in Migori — activist

Older women in Migori are preying on schoolboys as institutions of learning stay shut to control the spread of the coronavirus, an education activist has said.

Migori Civic Organisation Association secretary general Titus Orwa said on Thursday that they have received reports of several cases, including two from Nyamaharaga village in Suna West constituency.

“Wealthy women who are either married, widowed or single have been sexually molesting schoolboys with a promise of comfortable life while they warm their beds,” Orwa said.

In some cases, he said, parents have refused to report the matter.

Nyamaharaga assistant chief Evans Marube said they have taken two women aged 39 and 42 to court for cohabiting with a 17-year-old student of Machicha Mixed Secondary and a Standard 7 pupil respectively.

“We managed to get hold of the two cases because parents refused to allow the union to go through. Villagers threatened to burn down the couples in their houses,” Marube said.

Marube said he had received reports of 13 schoolgirls falling pregnant in the location in the past month.

“But tracing the number of boys who have been lured into marriage has been harder, especially as most parents don’t bother to report,” he said.

The 17-year-old boy’s mother said he disappeared from home for weeks, forcing the family to look for him through the media and local administrators.