Dear Editor,
I write with a feeling of total disgust at the spiralling crime rate and more so the way bandits have been violently desecrating our women folk, it would appear that when bandits enter a house their intention is not just to rob people of what was hard earned but to violate and disgrace their victims.
Some months ago I read that after bandits secured their booty they then turned their attention on the female occupant of the household and took turns raping her while her children slept in another room. So far we have not heard of any one being arrested for this nefarious action.
Another young man raped and killed his great aunt in the sanctity of her own home, while her granddaughter slept. I have lost count of the many women young and seniors who have been desecrated and killed in the process of a robbery or just as a victim of family circumstances.
We need more action on crime generally and more so on women-related crimes because according to media reports, rape has increased a whopping 19%.
I call on the Minister of Public Security to up the ante and deal with this increasing scourge and for the police to do whatever is necessary to pull back our society from the control of criminal elements.
Yours faithfully,
Bishop Ivan John
