Shaffie Weru Rape Slur: Radio Africa Group has fired Homeboyz radio presenters Shaffie Weru and Dj Joe Mfalme. The sack came hours after the East African Breweries announced that it had suspended advertising with the Radio Africa Group over rape slurs that the presenters had made.
Earlier on, Radio Africa had suspended the presenters in a move that was seen as too lenient. The suspension had occurred after the duo offered halfhearted apologies over their remarks.
The slurs were made after a woman revealed in court that she had been thrown off the 12th floor of a building by a man whom she had just met for a first date, leaving her immobile and paralysed. The victim Eunice Wakimbi told Principle Magistrate Esther Kimilu that the suspect, Moses Njoroge had pushed her to the tragic fall after she rejected his sexual advances during their date. The fall caused her serious pelvic injuries.
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On the morning show, Lift Off, the group laughed and mocked the violent act, making cringeworthy statements including that women should not be too easy to ask out.
“I’m calling on all the ladies, this is 2021, you guys need to play hard to get. You need to be unavailable. You cannot be ladies who are being called to drink gin, and you live 40 kilometres away, then bring yourself to him,” Shaffie Weru said as his cohosts jeered and laughed.
They then went on to debate as to whether Kenyan women are too available, too lose, or too desperate. “There are some girls who are too available. The girl I like took me around in circles for six months. The one you don’t want is the one who chases you,” said DJ Joe. The two-minute clip was soon deleted, but it had already sparked outrage, with angry listeners calling out the mockery of violence against women and the perpetuation of rape culture. Shaffie Weru Rape Slur.