A 17-year-old girl from a refugee camp in Daadab has been brutally murdered and her body set on fire after refusing to be married off to a 55-year-old man.
The teenager was killed after refusing to submit to the demands of the 55-year-old man. She had been forcefully married off in an arranged marriage and was taken from her home in Daagale refugee camp.
When she arrived at the home of her husband-to-be, she was terrified. Her defiance resulted in beatings, and she eventually succumbed after enduring 27 days of abuse.
In her final moments before her death, she sent a chilling audio recording narrating how the 55-year-old man had been assaulting her since she started living with him.
On Saturday, March 22, 2025, she made a distress call to her mother, fearing for her life after enduring continuous torture since moving in with the man.
The next call her family received was from a relative informing them of her death. According to her mother, she received the call at around 2:00 a.m. informing her that her daughter had been tortured, placed on a mattress, and set on fire.
This incident has ignited outrage across social media platforms, with many Kenyans calling for justice.
