Sexual Offences Act,Sexual Offences Amendment Bill Stories

Parliament to debate Bill ending private settlements in SGBV cases
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 10, 2025

The Bill’s introduction has reignited national debate over how best to protect victims, prosecute offenders, and ensure that justice is delivered with...

ODPP urges Lamu residents to stop settling SGBV cases informally
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 02, 2025

Prosecutors in Lamu have warned residents against settling sexual and gender-based violence cases in village or family forums, saying the practice den...

Over 31,000 SGBV cases filed as courts improve response, Judiciary Report shows
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 25, 2025

The report says 31,460 Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) cases were filed in the year, reflecting a 0.9 per cent rise that the Judiciary links t...

65,540 teen pregnancies in Busia prompt KEWOSA intervention
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 07, 2025

The dialogue ended with a unanimous call for a coordinated, multi-sectoral approach to tackle the root causes of HIV, adolescent pregnancies, and gend...

Education Ministry sets up special unit to tackle teenage pregnancy in schools
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 01, 2025

Nominated Senator Catherine Mumma, who chaired the session, warned that both girls and boys are increasingly vulnerable to abuse in schools.

CS Murkomen raises alarm over rising gender-based violence in Rift Valley
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 08, 2025

Murkomen acknowledged that many GBV cases go unreported or unresolved because perpetrators are often family members. This reality, he noted, complicat...

Kenya lost 5,578 women to femicide in 2024 - Gender CS Hannah Wendot
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Jul 24, 2025

Gender CS Hannah Wendot warned that each number represents a life cut short, a family devastated, and a country in urgent need of inclusive solutions...

Nearly 90 per cent of teachers deregistered for misconduct in Kenya are men, TSC data shows
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 14, 2025

Between 2019 and 2024, the Teachers Service Commission deregistered 470 teachers, 419 of whom were male, five female, and 46 whose gender was not spec...

Passaris proposes law to punish people seeking sexual favours to offer essential services
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 13, 2024

Currently, Kenyan laws do not specifically address sextortion as a distinct crime.

Proposed law seeks to enforce more measures against child sex offenders
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 19, 2024

Among the proposals are the establishment of police-run gender desks in public hospitals and safe houses for victims of sexual offences, and the charg...

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