Off The Record Podcast | The fight against femicide ft Njeri Wa Migwi and Joanna Kinuthia

The fight against Femicide has been witnessed in Kenya over the last decade and has been recently intensified after 170 cases were recorded in 2024 and 129 in the first quarter of 2025.

Protests against femicide have been witnessed in the country with activists calling for the need to amend Kenyan laws to recognize femicide as an individual offense to implement harsh punishment against perpetrators.

This has prompted the collection of signatures to file the petition as activists led by Usikimye and other parties seek to achieve 100,000 signatures.

Meanwhile, the Kenya Women Senators Association (KEWOSA) has called for expeditious action to tame abuse against women in the nation, condemning the rising femicide cases being reported.

Led by nominated Senator Veronica Maina, the association noted that some cultural practices that have endorsed abuse against women should be nipped in the bud and embrace the progressive legislations passed to protect the girl child.

"Enough is enough. Women are not cultural relics to be punished for their independence, widows are not to be inherited, silenced or humiliated into submissions, girls are not bargaining chips for family honour. They are human beings worthy of safety, respect and justice. Violence of women is not culture, its a violation of the law," she noted.

We take a deep dive with Njeri and Joanna on the fight against femicide and what they think is the solution to end it.