If you have been raped within the past 48 hours you need to do the following:-

Do not disturb the scene of assault or your clothes because the police will need to do some forensics work to gather evidence that will ensure the perpetrators get caught

If it has just happened do not take a shower until you have seen a doctor

Do not destroy the clothes the clothing you had on that day.

Call the police immediately and file a report. Tell them everything that happened no matter how intimate it was.

Remember everything you can about your assailant(s) the voice, face, cloths or any distinct marks on their bodies etc

Go to a hospital as soon as possible have them carry out a medical exam. During the exam they will take the semen smears, treat your bruises and scars and test you for sexual transmitted disease and put you on antiretroviral for a 72 hour period to ensure that they can remove any traces of the HIV virus that may have been passed on to you.

After you have done a pelvic exam at the hospital you now need to get healing in your soul and you need to contact a rape crisis centre or counselling centre. Also important is to have some spiritual counselling within your religious background to ensure that you are firmly grounded.

Once you are by yourself try and document everything that happened to you in your own words this will help to reflect and help you start with the healing process. Understandably you will be very distraught, angry and have feelings of guilt and shame and this takes time that is why its important to get help from friends and family and also enlist the help of a counsellor

You can contact the Gender Violence Recovery Centre at the Nairobi Women's Hospital the counselling is FREE so you don't have to pay for anything.  Their contact details are below

Adams Branch

Landline: 3862772/3-9/ 2726821

Mobile: 0721696214/0721760146

Ngong Road

Landline: 3862772/3-9/ 2726821

Mobile: 0721696214/0721760146

Fax: +254 20 2716651 

Police Hotline: 240000