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745 women assaulted in campaigns, report says

FIDA Kenya Chair Nancy Ireri (centre) launches Elections Observations Centre on August 3, 2022. [Samson Wire, Standard]

At least 745 women aspirants and their female supporters were abused before and during party primaries, the Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida)-Kenya has revealed.

A majority of the women who were subjected to Electoral Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (ESGBV) were from Siaya County, which had 59 cases, followed by Kisumu and Nairobi counties with 40 assault cases each.

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