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Demonstrators hold placards during a march against the rising cases of femicide, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, December 20, 2024
THE Kenyan government on Thursday declared gender-based violence the nation’s most pressing security threat.
This comes after figures revealed that 100 women had been killed in the last four months, mostly by men they knew.
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi described the escalating crisis as “the elephant in the room,” and said authorities have investigated most of the cases, which are pending in court.
Anyone who criticises those in power in Kenya risks their freedom or worse. The brutal abduction of Booker Omole marks a new escalation in a country sliding toward authoritarian rule, says MARC VANDEPITTE
Susan Galloway talks to ASH REGAN MSP about her “Unbuyable” Bill, seeking to tackle the commercial sexual exploitation of women in Scotland