Nairobi, Kenya – Kenya is grappling with an unprecedented surge in gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide, with 2024 recording the highest annual toll on record. According to data verified by Africa Censored, at least 170 women were murdered in 2024, marking a 79% rise compared to 2023. The alarming figures…
Thika, Kiambu County – A former deputy headteacher has been sentenced to 28 years in prison after being found guilty of defiling a 13-year-old pupil, in a case that underscores the seriousness with which Kenyan courts are treating sexual offences against minors. Court Ruling Resident Magistrate Evangelista Kithinji delivered the…
Mombasa, Kenya – The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has secured a 20-year prison sentence for Al Haji Majaliwa, a 21-year-old man convicted of repeatedly defiling a 14-year-old girl in Likoni Sub-County. The sentence was delivered by Senior Resident Magistrate David Odhiambo at the Mombasa Law Courts,…
A Naivasha court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting an 80-year-old woman in her Mwiciringiri home three years ago. The accused, Joseph Gitahi, was convicted for attacking the elderly woman in the early hours of October 13, 2022, after…