JOY KENDI SPEAKS ABOUT BEING SEXUALLY HARASSED

Digital content creator Joy Kendi has opened up about a sexual harassment incident she faced while doing her normal workout routine. 

In a clip shared on her social media page, she said she was taking a walk when she bumped into a group of boys who heckled her moments before one of them touched her inappropriately. “What happened to me months ago is why I stopped working out in my neighbourhood. I was trying to do my regular 5km walk and in the middle of my walk, I saw a group of boys which of course made me nervous. The boys decided it would be fun to follow me and heckle me and they thought it would be more hilarious if one of their friends run up to me and grab my ass.

It was terrifying they were like seven grown teenagers and I couldn’t fight them. As women we had those situations where a man tries something and you can’t do anything about it because one or two things will happen. The will want to do it more or they will beat your ass because now they feel emasculated because you have not allowed them to do something to you,” she stated. 

This came barely a month after speaking on her robbery ordeal where she was robbed at gunpoint in Nairobi. In a video shared on her Instagram stories, Kendi disclosed that she was walking to Westlands as part of her routine workout when the unfortunate incident occurred.

“The reason I’m bringing this us is because I feel it’s good to share. Be safe when you’re going for your walks or runs especially us females. If you remember I had mention that I would be walking to Westlands as part of my workout but on my walk I was robbed at gunpoint by two guys on a bike so if you go do your walks please be safe and don’t carry expensive things,” she said.