Liz* was walking home from her grandfather’s funeral when she was stopped by six men, some of whom she knew. What happened next is anyone’s worst nightmare: they took turns raping her, then threw her unconscious body down a 6-meter toilet pit. But how the police dealt with the men she identified is beyond outrageous: they asked them to mow the station’s lawn, then set them free. This has to be the world’s worst punishment for rape. 

So far nobody has been brought to justice -- not the attackers, nor the officers who set them free. Today, we change that. The uproar has already forced a Parliamentary inquiry and promises from a top police official that “heads will roll”. If we focus the global lens on Liz’s case, we can make sure not only that those promises come true, but that they mark a turning-point in Kenya’s battle against Kenya's rape epidemic.

Let’s stand with Liz today and call on Kenya’s top police official to ensure the immediate arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators, hold the offending officers to account, and enforce Kenya’s laws against rape. Sign now and then share this email with everyone you possibly can and when we get 500,000 we will show our outrage by setting off lawn-mowing flash-mobs at police stations across Kenya.

*Liz is a pseudonym given by the news outlet that broke her story and has since been widely used.