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New Bill targets domestic violence

Kenya: For the first time in Kenya’s history, a law has been drafted to specifically deal with cases of domestic violence.

The Protection Against Domestic Violence Bill, 2013, which is expected to be tabled in Parliament next week, addresses among others, brutality within families, forced wife inheritance and harassment by in-laws.

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