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NGEC demands exhumation of teen killed over forced marriage

Technical Working Group on Gender Based Violence, Including Femicide members led by Chairperson Nancy Baraza(centre) and Vice Sam Thenya(left) with National Gender and Equality Commission(NGEC) Chairperson Rehema Jaldesa(right) addressing the media during the Stakeholders Engagement meeting at KICC, Nairobi on April 4, 2025.[Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The Chairperson of the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC), Rehema Jaldesa, has called for the exhumation of the body of a minor who was killed for refusing to marry a 55-year-old man.

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