Gender-based violence cases in Kenya have been on the increase since the dawn to dusk curfew was imposed in the country in March as part of the Covid-19 containment measures. The Cabinet Secretary Public Service and Gender (CS), Prof. Margaret Kobia noted that the stringent measures including the stay at home calls effected to fight […]
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The Makueni Governor, Kivutha Kibwana has condemned the brutal attack of a 24 -year- old woman by her husband on Sunday night at Kwa-Muvai village in Mbooni sub county. Purity Muthoki had her hands cut off by her husband, Boniface Mutua, 30, after a domestic row .She also sustained several deep cuts on her head. […]
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Nyandarua County will fast track the setting up of a Gender Based Violence (GBV) Recovery Centre to curb the increasing number of domestic violence in the County. The Public Service and Gender Affairs Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS), Rachel Shebesh, while regretting that the COVID 19 pandemic had led to a spike in GBV cases, said […]
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The Ministry of Public Service and Gender Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS), Rachel Shebesh has raised concern over raising cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the country. She however, said the National and County governments are working on ways of mitigating the menace across the country. Speaking in Kisumu on Wednesday, the CAS said the two […]
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A consortium of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) involved in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) has asked the Kilifi County Government to speed up the enactment of a GBV-specific policy. The Gender-Based Violence Network (GBVN) says the fight against the vice in the county would only be achieved through a policy that would enable players […]
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