The Chairperson of the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC), Rehema Jaldesa, has called for the exhumation of the body of a minor who was killed for refusing to marry a 55-year-old man.
Jaldesa stated that 17-year-old Gaala Aden Abdi was hurriedly buried by the community in an attempt to conceal the evidence of the brutal crime.
During a presentation to the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Technical Working Group at an ongoing public participation forum, Jaldesa emphasized that exhuming the body would aid in prosecuting those responsible for the crime. "I went to Wajir, and the first thing I noticed was that the community, including the local chief, quickly shifted the narrative from murder to suicide, which was extremely unfortunate," Jaldesa said.
Gaala, a refugee in Wajir, was killed a week ago.
