He borrowed a knife from his grandmother

A man chopped off his manhood on Thursday, October 6, for being branded a gay in Ang’orom Ward Busia County.

According to a report by the Star, Jaffar Rashid cut off his manhood using a kitchen knife before throwing it into a pit latrine.

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He is said to have borrowed the knife from her grandmother saying he needed it so he could eat a mango.

20-year-old Rashid was rushed to Tanaka Nursing Home by his father after he emerged from his room bleeding profusely.

The family members administered first aid before taking him to hospital.

According to his mother, Roslyn Fazila, his son was being ridiculed by his peers who branded him a gay and a thief.

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His aunt, Maureen Juma, said Rashid became frustrated after he was allegedly sodomized by police officers from Nambale.

“He has been leaving unbearable life after his parents separated several years back, thus leaving him at the mercy of good Samaritans”, Juma noted.

Busia County Referral Hospital Medical Superintendent David Mukabi confirmed the incident adding Rashid was out of danger but severely injured.

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Via the Star