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Kenya lacks a standalone legal offence for femicide despite a 10 per cent rise in reported cases between 2022 and 2024, with 1,639 women killed in circumstances linked to their gender, a presidential technical working group has revealed.
The Technical Working Group on Gender-Based Violence Including Femicide, chaired by former Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza, found that women aged 30 to 44 face the highest risk of violence, with intimate partners or known individuals responsible for 77 per cent of cases.
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