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Brizan Okollan Were - Co-founder at STARTUP LIONS   Brizan Were, the co-founder of a computer school, Startup Lions is accused of sodomizing a young man in Lodwar. Mr Were is said to have lured the young man with the promise of finding him a job, only to drug and sodomize hi. According to sources, past accusations

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Brizan Okollan Were - Co-founder at STARTUP LIONS   Brizan Were, the co-founder of a computer school, Startup Lions is accused of sodomizing a young man in Lodwar. Mr Were is said to have lured the young man with the promise of finding him a job, only to drug and sodomize hi. According to sources, past accusations

Jun 26
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Brizan Were - Co-founder at STARTUP LIONS
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@yobos · Jun 26

Brizan Okollan Were - Co-founder at STARTUP LIONS

Brizan Were, the co-founder of a computer school, Startup Lions is accused of sodomizing a young man in Lodwar.

Mr Were is said to have lured the young man with the promise of finding him a job, only to drug and sodomize hi.

According to sources, past accusations of the same habit, passed as rumors but the recent encounter refused to be silenced.

“ That guy amekua beshtee yangu tangu kitambo then me mhuchukua kaa msee anaeza kuokolea Na form za job, so sijawai fikiria behind that so hivi recently aliniita kwake anichoree uradi ya job na aka request nikam na documents za kwangu nikajua mambo iko bie me kufika tupiga story akicheki papers zangu then akaleta drinks the next thing me kujiskia ilikua next day kwa bedd yake ame nifanyia ushitt yake manze na bado anadai Hakuna place ntampeleka is either ni act kaa wife wake ndo aniokolee ama nikae infact mpaka documents zangu zote amekatalia johh yani anadai nikae slave wake”, the victim of his rape narrated.

The source stated that Mr Were has threatened to harm the boy whose identity we shall not reveal as at now.

The traumatized young man now wants human right organisations to take over his case so that Mr Were can be brought to book. StartUp Lions - Kalokol Town

Ironically, Mr Brizan Were, according to the website defenderscoalition.org, is a human rights defender championing the safety, security and well-being of those who work in that space.

Mr Were is not a Turkana but was born in Lodwar and raised in the Lake side town of Kalokol in Turkana Central, Brizan was lucky to meet white benefactors who have helped him set up a computer school in Lodwar town and Kalokol.

Accroding to internet sources, the rapist Brizan Were is also a board member at respected Bishop Mahon Teachers Training College. StartUp Lions - Lodwar Town

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