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International and Local Organisations Challenge the DPP that there is sufficient evidence to lay charges of gang rape and that 16 year old Liz is entitled to her day in Court

Press Release 31 January 2014 International and Local Organisations Challenge the DPP that there is sufficient evidence to lay charges of gang rape and that 16 year old Liz is entitled to her day in Court. Today INGOs and local organisations called on the head of the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to reconsider its … Read more

Covaw Calls on The Public to Use the Police Vetting Process as An Opportunity to Prioritise Gender Based Violence

We the Coalition on Violence Against women (COVAW) wish to call the attention of Kenyans to the police vetting process. We encourage more public participation in the on-going police vetting process by lodging complaints with the National Police Service Commission (the Commission) on the mishandling of sexual and gender based violence incidents.

Sexual and Gender Based Violence Petition adjourned to 25th March 2014

Petition No.122 of 2013 came up for hearing on 22nd January 2014 at The Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court. The matter was before Justice Lenaola.Despite this petition having been filed on 20th February 2013, the government and state agencies who are respondents had continuously failed to respond. It was only yesterday … Read more

Hearing of the constitutional petition filed on behalf of sexual gender-based violence survivor of the post-election violence at the high court of Kenya before hon. Justice Isaac Lenaola on 22nd January 2014 at 9am

Press Release Nairobi, 21 January 2014 on Wednesday, 22 January 2014, four civil society organizations and eight individual petitioners begin their trial against the Attorney General and five other senior government officials for their failure to protect victims of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) during the post-election violence of 2007-8, their failure to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators, and … Read more

SGBV Victims File Suit Against AG, DPP, IG & Others for PEV Faqs

What is this case about? A group of individuals and civil society organizations are filing a petition in the Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court of Kenya seeking to compel the Government of Kenya to address the SGBV that occurred during the 2007/2008 post-election violence. The petitioners claim that the government failed … Read more

Suspect in Liz case charged in court

NJERI RUGENE A young man was charged in court Friday with the attack on a Busia pupil whose story has attracted global attention. (READ: ‘Stand up for Liz’ grabs West’s attention)’. But the candidate in this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations was charged with causing grievous harm to the Standard Seven pupil, together with … Read more

We shall roar till Justice comes home to roost

Saida Ali So much has been said about the worst form of punishment for rape. In a small village of Tingolo in Busia County, some Administrative Police officers decided that the best they could do to punish six young men who had gang raped a 16-year-old girl was to slash grass! Liz was literally left … Read more

Nakuru activity on the Launch of 16 days of activism

All gathered at the Railway Grounds for the procession which would end at the ACK Hall where the rest of the event was to take place. The event started at around 10:30 a.m instead of the stipulated 9a.m. Nonetheless there was a lot of excitement in the air as all could not wait to begin … Read more

Police ignorance on rape is appalling

BY SAIDA ALI We have recently witnessed a national outcry by top national leaders in regards to traffic accidents in the country. True, there is a crisis in the country as regards careless driving.

Nervous conditions

Today is day one of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender based Violence Campaign. I couldn’t think of a better way to describe our societal acceptance of violence against women so I borrowed Nervous Conditions from Tsitsi Dangarembga. Violence against women is not just a sign but is also in itself a set of … Read more