gender violence

From suicide attempts to tales of Kisii men seething with anger - 2021 bizarre stories from Kisii County
Police search for clues after 9-yr-old girl dies following sexual assault ordeal in Nairobi

By | 3 years ago

Police in Dagoretti start investigations after a nine-year-old girl dies following a sexual assault ordeal by unknown people....

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Policewoman on the run after shooting husband for not picking her calls, giving house help Ksh50 without consulting her

By | 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....

From suicide attempts to tales of Kisii men seething with anger - 2021 bizarre stories from Kisii County
Women share painful tales of failed bids to get justice for abused mother who died and daughter raped by a cousin

By | 4 years ago

Two woman narrate painful experiences that reveal police inaction and increasing cases of domestic abuse in the country....

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Rape of Kenyan woman in the Maldives causes outrage

By | 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. ...

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Shebesh blames COVID-19 ‘lockdown’, flooding for rising gender-based violence

By | 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....

David Onduso, the head-teacher of Nyabundo Primary School, advised that the candidate be taken for counselling. [PHOTO | FILE]
Man dies after being stabbed by lover at chang’aa den in Molo

By | 4 years ago

Eyewitnesses say the woman, an alleged chang'aa den brewer, grabbed a knife and stabbed her lover after a disagreement....

From suicide attempts to tales of Kisii men seething with anger - 2021 bizarre stories from Kisii County
Makueni police hunt down man who set his wife on fire with thinner and fled

By | 4 years ago

Solomon Muthaura Rukaria, 42, is alleged to have gone home drunk at 11pm on Thursday where he started quarrelling his wife. ...

A crime scene. [PHOTO | FILE]
Outrage in Kisii as woman’s hand severed by in-law

By | 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....

The ODPP has ordered the arrest and arraignment of a supervisor at Eastmatt, who was on Tuesday caught on tape assaulting a female cashier. [PHOTO | SCREENGRAB]
Even women MPs aren’t safe from violence, leaders warn

By | 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....

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