Report: Violence against women, girls in Nairobi on the rise

The report shows violence against women has been on the rise in the last 12 months (Photo: iStock)

Violence against women and girls has been on the rise in Nairobi City County for the last 12 months.

The latest report by the Performance Monitoring Action (PMA) under the International Centre for Reproductive Health shows that 21 per cent of the women have reported violence meted against them by their intimate partners.