Rift Valley, Nairobi had highest number of rape, defilement cases last year

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Kenya recorded a total of 10,442 sex-related and gender-based violence cases in the year 2021/2022, a report by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions shows.

Out of these cases, defilement accounted for 5,913 while indecent acts with a child recorded a total of 1,014. Rape came in third with 728 cases.