[Vision2020] Mubita article

[Janesta Carcich]

I just bought the Eagle at Winco, sat in my car and
read the front page article before I even came home.

Reaching the outlying areas is important. GREAT
writing and public information service, Kai. 

Janesta


--- Kai Eiselein <fotopro63 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
> I have been asked to post the article I wrote about
> the Mubita case. So here 
> it is:
> 
> By Kai Eiselein
> Latah Eagle editor
> 
> Insulated by geography, Moscow and the Palouse have
> been largely insulated 
> from many of the troubles of larger metropolitan
> areas.
> That all changed with the arrest of Kanay Mubita
> December 7. Mubita, 31, has 
> been charged with “Transfer of Bodily Fluid Which
> May Contain the HIV 
> Virus”, which is a felony under Idaho code.
> Originally charged with one count, six more women
> have come forward, 
> alleging sexual contact with Mubita, bringing the
> total counts to seven in 
> two separate cases. Three other women have made
> contact with Moscow Police, 
> but have not made formal statements. Authorities
> have received information 
> about nine other potential victims who have not
> contacted authorities.  All 
> of the women are between the ages of 21 and 37 and
> are identified by 
> initials only. Mubita faces a maximum penalty of 15
> years in prison and a 
> $15,000 fine on each count.
> In a short interview at the Latah County Jail, where
> he is being held on a 
> $20,000 bond, Mubita, who is divorced, denied the
> allegations, stating he 
> didn’t even know some of the women. “ I don’t have
> unprotected sex,” he 
> said. He went on to say he doesn’t engage in sex
> outside of a relationship. 
> He also stated he always used a condom with his
> ex-girlfriend, who brought 
> the original charge against him. Authorities say he
> stated he is the father 
> of his ex-girlfriend’s child. Mubita said no
> paternity has been established. 
> He said it was scheduled for later this month, but
> now he wants to postpone 
> it until his legal battle is over.
> Mubita stated he believes his ex-girlfriend is
> bringing the charge because 
> of arguments they’ve had. He went on to say the
> NAACP had been contacted, 
> because he feels he’s being singled out because he
> is black.
> When authorities first contacted Mubita December 6
> and questioned him about 
> having been notified of his HIV status, he denied
> having been notified. And 
> denied having sex with anyone but his ex-wife. While
> being interviewed by 
> one officer, another called a health department
> official who stated Mubita 
> had been informed several times of his HIV status.
> Police then asked him to 
> make a written statement and he asked to go home and
> write it and they 
> agreed.
> The next day, police received a call from Mubita’s
> caseworker, who stated he 
> was upset about Tuesday’s interview and asked them
> to check on him. When 
> officers arrived at his home, he stated he had
> tested positive for HIV.
> A preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 20
> at 9 a.m. before 
> Magistrate William Hamlett. Charles Kovis, Latah
> County Public Defender, 
> will represent Mubita.
> The Moscow-North Central District Health Department
> is recommending 
> confidential HIV counseling and testing to anyone
> who has had sexual contact 
> with Mubita. If the initial test results are
> negative, testing should be 
> repeated every three months until six after the last
> exposure.
> According to a health department release, humans are
> the only reservoir for 
> the HIV virus. Transmission occurs by sexual
> contact, sharing contaminated 
> needles, transfusion of infected blood and blood
> products and by 
> transplantation of infected organs and tissues.
> Health care workers are required to report all cases
> to Public Health and an 
> epidemiologist investigates each case. The
> epidemiologist then identifies 
> and counsels any person who may have been exposed to
> the virus.
> 
> 
>
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