The Cabinet has approved the establishment of a presidential working group to develop a comprehensive approach to addressing femicide.
The working group will engage religious leaders, parents, schools, security agencies, and all other stakeholders to identify gaps in law, enforcement, and social values that contribute to this crisis.
The team will be gazetted with clear terms of reference and tasked with delivering actionable recommendations within 90 days.
This comes at a time that the numbers of femicide cases in the country are staggering. According to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Eliud Lagat, law enforcement has recorded 97 femicide cases in just the past three months. That’s roughly one woman killed every day.
