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Nine in ten women in Kenya get sexual harassment calls, report

The report shows that one of five women in Nairobi receive calls of a sexual and inappropriate nature (Shutterstock)

Nine of every 10 women in the country have been sexually harassed either through a phone call or text, a report by a caller-identification app has revealed.

The survey that was carried out by Truecaller between November 22 last year and February 24 also showed that one of five women in Nairobi receive calls of a sexual and inappropriate nature.

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