Attention lavished on the girl child has left boy child lonely and adrift

With the string of gruesome and senseless killings, concern has peaked in the country on the safety of women who seem to be the main casualties.

At least 20 people, majority of them women and girls, have in recent months been killed by people they were close to, according to media accounts. Data from police shows there were 2,774 homicides in 2017, an increase from the previous years and counting.