MPs urge state to declare femicide national disaster

Mukurwe-ini MP John Kaguchia and his Kipipiri counterpart Wanjiku Muhia addressing the media at Parliament on November 4, 2024, over the alarming killings of women. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

A section of legislators want the government to declare the rising cases of femicide in the country a national disaster.

They said in the same way that the government has tackled banditry, it should direct security agencies to focus on ensuring the well-being of women in the country.