gender violence
Police search for clues after 9-yr-old girl dies following sexual assault ordeal in Nairobi
By Zadock Angira | 3 years ago
Police in Dagoretti start investigations after a nine-year-old girl dies following a sexual assault ordeal by unknown people....
Policewoman on the run after shooting husband for not picking her calls, giving house help Ksh50 without consulting her
By Team | 4 years ago
The Administration Police officer, APC Maureen, was reportedly angered by her husband's failure to pick her calls after giving house help lunch money....
Women share painful tales of failed bids to get justice for abused mother who died and daughter raped by a cousin
By Zadock Angira | 4 years ago
Two woman narrate painful experiences that reveal police inaction and increasing cases of domestic abuse in the country....
Rape of Kenyan woman in the Maldives causes outrage
By Zadock Angira | 4 years ago
The woman was attacked after a party on a safari yacht anchored in the greater Male region of Hulhumale, according to local media outlets. ...
Shebesh blames COVID-19 ‘lockdown’, flooding for rising gender-based violence
By KNA | 4 years ago
Shebesh says violence has been exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic and flooding where spouses are forced to hunker down together for long....
Man dies after being stabbed by lover at chang’aa den in Molo
By KNA | 4 years ago
Eyewitnesses say the woman, an alleged chang'aa den brewer, grabbed a knife and stabbed her lover after a disagreement....
Makueni police hunt down man who set his wife on fire with thinner and fled
By KNA | 4 years ago
Solomon Muthaura Rukaria, 42, is alleged to have gone home drunk at 11pm on Thursday where he started quarrelling his wife. ...
Outrage in Kisii as woman’s hand severed by in-law
By KNA | 4 years ago
Women leaders in Kisii County visit woman whose hand was severed by an in-law over land boundary squabble, say culprit must be arrested....
Even women MPs aren’t safe from violence, leaders warn
By KNA | 4 years ago
Cross-section of leaders warn over increasing cases of violence against women at home and in the workplace, says urgent action needed....