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FIDA Kenya Chair Nancy Ireri (centre) launches Elections Observations Centre on August 3, 2022. [Samson Wire, Standard]
At least 745 women aspirants and their female supporters were abused before and during party primaries, the Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida)-Kenya has revealed.
A majority of the women who were subjected to Electoral Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (ESGBV) were from Siaya County, which had 59 cases, followed by Kisumu and Nairobi counties with 40 assault cases each.
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