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A 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) report suggested that 38% of women in Kenya aged between 15 and 49 had experienced violence from an intimate partner.. Groups that offer support to survivors ...
The Kenya Human Rights Commission stated that "too many queer Kenyans are getting killed with no accountability for perpetrators". [9] Human Rights Watch called for the Kenyan government to repeal anti-LGBT+ laws and to include LGBT+ people in national plans against gender-based violence, saying that Lumumba was "invisible under Kenya’s ...
In Kenya, along with in other parts of Africa, sexual coercion among adolescents is common. [4] Sexual coercion is defined as any experience in which a person is "compelled to have sex against his or her will." [4] In a research survey in Kenya in 2004, 11% of men and 21% of women aged 10–24 had experienced sexual coercion in their lifetime. [4]
On 25 June 2024, thousands of protesters stormed the Kenyan Parliament Building in Nairobi in response to the passing of the Kenya Finance Bill 2024, part of a larger series of protests against the proposed tax increases. The protest escalated when the protesters set part of the building on fire. [4] Nineteen people died in Nairobi during the ...
July 12, 2024 at 1:30 PM. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s police boss resigned Friday, the latest attempt by the country's president to respond to growing concerns of police brutality in ...
The Kenya Finance Bill protests, widely known by #RejectFinanceBill2024, or Gen Z protests, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Kenya against tax increases proposed by the Government of Kenya in the Finance Bill 2024. [11] Following the storming of the Kenyan Parliament, president William Ruto reportedly rejected the Bill on 28 June ...
Focus on Africa (TV programme) Awards. 2017 - 100 Most Influential Young Africans. 2017 - 100 Most Influential Young Kenyans. Sophie Ikenye is a BBC news presenter from Kenya. [1] She is a main presenter for Focus on Africa (TV programme) on BBC World News. She worked in the broadcasting industry in Kenya for 12 years before joining the BBC.
Kenya’s President William Ruto on Friday apologized for the “arrogance and show of opulence” by legislators and ministers from the ruling party and promised action against “rogue” police ...