Cheptumo's victim-blaming remarks spark outrage, MPs urged to reject nomination

Gender CS Nominee Hannah Cheptumo during her vetting process before the National Assembly Committee on Appointments at County Hall, Nairobi on April 14, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

MPs have been urged to reject the nomination of Hannah Wendot Cheptumo as Cabinet Secretary for Gender.

Kenyans on social media, along with human rights organisations and women's rights advocates, are calling on lawmakers to dismiss Cheptumo's nomination following controversial remarks she made about femicide and Gender-Based Violence (GBV).