Noldonyo Piro
ON THE RECORD · 10 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“I remember we used to stand some distance away from each other, and then one of us would start singing, and the other would answer. We loved to play with each other and tell stories.”
Noldonyo Piro · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Piro recalls how she and her sister used to sing and play together while herding livestock.
“There was no one to tell,”
Noldonyo Piro · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Piro says there was no one to tell about the attack, as no police post was within reach.
“I felt scared and started running,”
Noldonyo Piro · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Piro describes seeing white soldiers approaching while she and her pregnant sister were out herding livestock.
“I fell down, and the soldier stood on my arm until it snapped and broke.”
Noldonyo Piro · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Piro says the soldier stood on her arm until it broke and then raped her until she passed out.
“Even now, when I think about what happened, it makes me sick to my stomach.”
Noldonyo Piro · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Piro says thinking about what happened still makes her sick to her stomach.
“After that day, I became more scared of white men than I was of lions,”
Noldonyo Piro · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Piro says she became more scared of white men than of lions after the attack.
“Nothing ever happens except people coming here, asking me questions, taking pictures and then leaving,”
Noldonyo Piro · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Piro says people come asking questions and taking pictures but nothing ever happens.
“Those men should have been arrested many years ago.”
Noldonyo Piro · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Piro says the men who attacked her and killed her sister should have been arrested many years ago.
“One of them chased me and hit me on the back of my head.”
Noldonyo Piro · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Piro describes being chased and hit by a soldier as she tried to flee.
“We lived a very simple life,”
Noldonyo Piro · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Piro, now in her 40s, recalls her childhood growing up with her sister in northern Kenya.