Man to spend 30 yrs behind bars for raping own daughterBy Daniel Ondigo
26th October 2010
Moshi District Court has sentenced Gezaulole villager Andrew Tito Akyoo to 30 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of raping his own daughter, aged 13 years.
In addition to the 30-year penalty, Akyoo (46), a resident of Hai District in Kilimanjaro Region, will also receive 10 strokes of the cane, ruled Siha district magistrate Dennis Mpelembwa when delivering his judgment on the case yesterday.
The magistrate said it was evident from prosecution evidence adduced in court that the accused committed the offence repeatedly in August 2009 to a pupil of Kibaoni Primary School, who happened to be his daughter.
Mpelembwa narrated that Akyoo was living with his two daughters in a single room partitioned by a loose curtain after their mother had died some years back.
To accomplish his selfish desires, the magistrate said, the accused engaged in conjugal relationship with the said daughter three times per night after threatening her life if she refused or disclosed the secret to anybody.
Given an opportunity to plea for mercy before judgment was delivered, the accused asked the court to be lenient on grounds that he was ill and under anti-retroviral drug (ARV) dosage.
Source: www.ippmedia.com
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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Housegirls - High risk for HIV/Aids transmissions
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of housegirls on HIV/STDs transmission and risk factors.
Mwambu W; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1998; 12: 1018-9 (abstract no. 60103).
Upendo AIDS Information & Counselling Centre, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
BACKGROUND: Housegirls in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania are not yet categorized as high risky group. These unnoticed young women are vulnerable and prone to HIV/STDs infection. Due to serious violation of rights of the girl-child, which is probably the closest form of slavery, hundreds of thousands of young girls aged 14-20 years are made to work all day, washing, cooking, cleaning, doing child-care and other tasks, usually only in return for food, lodging and a small salary. All these contribute to subjecting them to sexual abuse by employers, adults within the household or neighbours. After the findings of a cross-sectional case control study on risk factors of HIV/STDs among housegirls, a preventive IEC/BCC intervention is carried out to create awareness and empowerment to reduce further spread of HIV/STDs infection. House to house visits and contacts followed by HIV/STDs educational video shows to households is being done. These shows are accompanied by distribution of HLMs-posters, leaflets, newsletters and condoms. Peer educators start from what the group knows building up and summarizing with questions, answers and discussions. In twelve months a target group of 2500 people have been reached. Quick Assessment of the intervention revealed that 98% have indicated learning more effectively about HIV/STDs transmission. 75% indicated desire to change behaviour towards a positive attitude. 50% acknowledged empowerment to negotiate safer sex with their regular boyfriends, partner notification, counselling and voluntary screening. An increased number of people dropping in for condoms (60%), HLMs (80%), request for video shows (75%) is an evident indicator of positive outcome of the intervention. 6% are now regular clients while 0.16% (4 housegirls) have tested HIV+ as a result of earlier indicated reasons. One male adult of a household from 0.16% above tested HIV+. However, 20% (17% women/3% male) employers are registering the concept of openness and transparency, employer-housegirls relationship for easy and positive interraction necessary for preventive measures to reduce the spread of HIV/STDs infection. EVALUATION INDICATES THAT: HIV/STDs IEC is easily welcomed and more understood by visual aids complimenting to hearing and reading especially to illiterate or semi-illiterate such as housegirls. Shyness and stigma is also minimized. A continued intervention is planned.
Source: http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102232054.html
Mwambu W; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1998; 12: 1018-9 (abstract no. 60103).
Upendo AIDS Information & Counselling Centre, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
BACKGROUND: Housegirls in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania are not yet categorized as high risky group. These unnoticed young women are vulnerable and prone to HIV/STDs infection. Due to serious violation of rights of the girl-child, which is probably the closest form of slavery, hundreds of thousands of young girls aged 14-20 years are made to work all day, washing, cooking, cleaning, doing child-care and other tasks, usually only in return for food, lodging and a small salary. All these contribute to subjecting them to sexual abuse by employers, adults within the household or neighbours. After the findings of a cross-sectional case control study on risk factors of HIV/STDs among housegirls, a preventive IEC/BCC intervention is carried out to create awareness and empowerment to reduce further spread of HIV/STDs infection. House to house visits and contacts followed by HIV/STDs educational video shows to households is being done. These shows are accompanied by distribution of HLMs-posters, leaflets, newsletters and condoms. Peer educators start from what the group knows building up and summarizing with questions, answers and discussions. In twelve months a target group of 2500 people have been reached. Quick Assessment of the intervention revealed that 98% have indicated learning more effectively about HIV/STDs transmission. 75% indicated desire to change behaviour towards a positive attitude. 50% acknowledged empowerment to negotiate safer sex with their regular boyfriends, partner notification, counselling and voluntary screening. An increased number of people dropping in for condoms (60%), HLMs (80%), request for video shows (75%) is an evident indicator of positive outcome of the intervention. 6% are now regular clients while 0.16% (4 housegirls) have tested HIV+ as a result of earlier indicated reasons. One male adult of a household from 0.16% above tested HIV+. However, 20% (17% women/3% male) employers are registering the concept of openness and transparency, employer-housegirls relationship for easy and positive interraction necessary for preventive measures to reduce the spread of HIV/STDs infection. EVALUATION INDICATES THAT: HIV/STDs IEC is easily welcomed and more understood by visual aids complimenting to hearing and reading especially to illiterate or semi-illiterate such as housegirls. Shyness and stigma is also minimized. A continued intervention is planned.
Source: http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102232054.html
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