Northern Kenya lacks crucial database on GBV despite widespread cases

SHARP project coordinator Dorothy Okemo (left) during the launch of the 16 days of activism against GBV at Isiolo County Teaching and Referral Hospital ground on November 25, 2025. [Ali Abdi, Standard]

Counties in northern Kenya lack a centralised database on gender-based violence (GBV) despite having widespread cases, stakeholders have revealed.

Visiting stakeholders who met with their counterparts from Isiolo County to mark 16 days of activism against GBV in Isiolo town, noted that the vast and remote region, whose inhabitants still practice age-old traditions like female genital mutilation (FGM), lacks a centralised data collection base, while coordination among parties was also challenging.