07
Jul
Three people working at a Kenyan food manufacturer have been arrested following the alleged forcible stripping of female employees to check who was on their period, local media report. In a statement on its website Brown’s Food Company said it was “saddened” and that the matter “does not reflect the procedures of the company as a whole”. The incident, which allegedly happened on 4 July, got public attention after Senator Gloria Orwoba called out the company on a Facebook post, for period shaming and sexual harassment. According to the post, a senior official at Brown’s is said to have found a sanitary towel…