An axe-wielding Naftali Kinuthia accosted Ms Wangechi, a medical student, as she was leaving Moi University Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. They agreed to meet again later, but even after persistently calling Ms Wangechi she refused to pick his calls, angering him. Two piping hot issues emerge from this murder: Rejection and consent. It seems that the perverted young man, and thousands like him, does not have even an inkling of understanding about what consent means. The way some Kenyans have reacted to Ms Wangeci’s murder make it seem like murder can be justified or contextualised.

Source: Daily Nation April 12, 2019 21:56 UTC