Teresiah Mumbi a 31-year old bearded woman from Kenya was ordered by police officers to strip and spread her legs apart in order to prove her gender.
Teresiah Mumbi suffered the humiliating ordeal at the hands of two female officers after she was arrested for a traffic offence in Kariobangi, Kenya.
The minibus conductor who said she did not like shaving because it made her face itchy, has now threatened to sue the officers involved. She was quoted as saying:
‘Those two female officers came and demanded that I undress and put my legs apart. After they were satisfied they let me back to the cell.’
She claimed they demanded a bribe of KSh400 (£3) after she had been arrested with other minibus touts for a traffic offence.
Mumbi suffers from an excessive hair growth condition known as hypertrichosis. She added:
‘I even stopped working. I do not want another incident like that.
‘Is this justice? if these are the officers mandated to provide security, what will happen to me in public?’ (KTN News)