Are there adequate laws protecting women from gender based violence?

There are more than enough laws that protect girls and women in Kenya; more than anywhere else in the world. Article 100 of the Constitution is among them and it is crafted in a way that suggests gender based violence is violence only when directed at women, not men.

And that is unfortunate because the boys and men are increasingly being targeted in the gender extremism. I can for a fact tell you that six men commit suicide every day out of this violence, which is often directed at them by their spouses and lovers.

That said, I am of the opinion that the gender violence war can only be won if partners join hands and come up with ways, platforms and even laws that protect them from any form of human violence, and not necessarily the violence against one gender.

I’ve heard that there is a march today in town to speak about the increased violence against girls and women, but interestingly, I have not been invited. It has been made to sound like an all women affair which, as I earlier on said, will just go as far in fighting the gender based violence.

I and many other men would have liked to participate so that we add gravity to the anti-violence campaign, but have to wait for another day. Violence on any human is bad and the only way we can bring it to check is by joining hands to tackle it.