Ruto’s Cabinet Endorses Anti-Femicide Taskforce
The Cabinet has approved the formation of a presidential working group to devise a comprehensive strategy for addressing femicide.
The working committee will bring together religious leaders, parents, schools, security services, and other stakeholders to identify gaps in law enforcement and social values that are contributing to the crisis.
The team will be given specific terms of reference and tasked with generating actionable recommendations within 90 days.
President William Ruto presided over the last cabinet meeting of the year.
Kenya has recently experienced a surge in femicide incidents, prompting Kenyans, authorities, and civil society to take action to put a stop to the problem.
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The Cabinet has approved the establishment of a presidential working group to develop a comprehensive approach to addressing femicide.
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In November, Ruto urged the country’s security authorities to combat the troubling trend of femicide in the country.
The President voiced concern about the country’s women and girls being slain in cold blood.
βI know that of recently we have seen incidences of our girls, our mothers, our women who have been murdered in cold blood,β Ruto said.
βLet me say the DCI and all the investigative authorities in the Republic of Kenya must stand up to these criminals and we must deal with them decisively and firmly.β
He urged society as a whole to be on the watch for such criminals who lure girls and women into dangerous situations before killing them.
βI want to ask us as a society to be careful with strangers, to be careful with people who lure our girls and our women into situations that compromise their security but we must be on the lookout all of us as a nation,β Ruto said.
The Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (Fida) criticized what they called an alarming increase in femicide in the country.
Mark Owuor, Fida-Kenya’s head of communications, described the recent spike in femicide as both tragic and disturbing.
βThis crisis represents a gross violation of women’s constitutional rights to life, safety, and security and reflects systemic failures in protecting women across Kenya,β Owuor said.
Fida-Kenya has issued a press statement demanding that the government address the rising number of femicide incidents.
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The National Police Service, Gender PS, DCI, and the President all paid notice to this problem.
Fida had urged the government to devote the necessary resources to investigating and prosecuting all perpetrators of femicide in the country.
βWe maintain that femicide is a crisis, and we must start from there,β Owuor said.
“This issue cannot be ignoredβit is a national emergency that requires urgent, coordinated interventions to ensure the safety and dignity of every woman and girl in Kenya.”
Ruto’s Cabinet Endorses Anti-Femicide Taskforce
