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Omollo sounds alarm over surge in sexual violence in universities

Interior Principal Secretary Dr Raymond Omollo. [File, Standard]

Interior Principal Secretary Dr Raymond Omollo has raised alarm over rising cases of sexual and gender-based violence in institutions of higher learning, warning that the trend points to a moral and institutional breakdown.

His remarks come amid growing concern over campus safety following a 2025 report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) which found that half of young women in Kenyan universities experience some form of violence, with 35 per cent reporting sexual assault.

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