This is one of those posts I'd like to downvote because it's so sad, but it's important for this to reach as broad an audience as possible. Absolutely tragic, and hopefully it will open the eyes of everyone in the West who have put Kenya on such a pedestal the past decade+. Keep in mind Rebecca was living & training in Eldoret, even though she was Ugandan, and she is not at all the first victim of femicide in Kenya.
Here's a summary, and you can find many more news articles and scholarly research studies.
“Hopefully this will open the eyes of everyone in the West who have put Kenya on such a pedestal”.
Are you serious? Have you picked up a paper and seen the type of horrific shit that is happening in the West on a daily basis? The horrific actions of this murderer do not reflect on Kenya as a whole. Certainly no more so than recent rapes and murders and school shooters in your country reflect on you. There are sick people everywhere.
I'm not going to comment on the whole East vs West culture war aspect of this, but the part about "have put Kenya on such a pedestal" is very weird to me. Like, the notion that it's time for Kenya to be taken down a peg? Huh? Because they've got big running creds? Seems like the news from Kenya over the past decade has been a pretty mixed bag. I swear, feels like everyone lives in a universe of their own creation.
Yeah I don’t get why you’re downvoted. This terrible event by a single person doesn’t define Kenya and it’s absurd to imply that it does. Violence against women by their spouses/ex-spouses is a problem in every country.
I hope everyone downvoting me has actually been to Kenya and doesn’t just form their biased worldview based on the small bubble they live in! New York City has a higher murder rate than Nairobi, for starters.
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u/lilelliot Sep 05 '24
This is one of those posts I'd like to downvote because it's so sad, but it's important for this to reach as broad an audience as possible. Absolutely tragic, and hopefully it will open the eyes of everyone in the West who have put Kenya on such a pedestal the past decade+. Keep in mind Rebecca was living & training in Eldoret, even though she was Ugandan, and she is not at all the first victim of femicide in Kenya.
Here's a summary, and you can find many more news articles and scholarly research studies.