The Deputy Director of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), John Onyango, has denied claims of rising femicide cases in the country.
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What did Onyango say about femicide cases?
Speaking on Thursday, November 7, Onyango stated that Kenya has only a few cases of women being murdered under troubling circumstances.
He stated that security officials can confirm that the rate of male murders in the country is higher than that of female murders.
“So you are asked about what’s happening with the ladies, maybe femicide. Where we sit as security operators, we cannot say loudly we have femicide. But from a few cases that we can identify. But again, if you compare the death of men and women, men are above. But I think men are suffering a lot,” Onyango said.
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Onyango added that ensuring women’s safety in the country is a collective responsibility, not solely the work of the police.
He further urged national leaders to help educate young women about the risks of associating with strangers, noting this as a leading cause of their deaths.
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He referenced a recent case in which a woman’s body was found dumped at Lang’ata Cemetery. According to shared CCTV footage, he said, the woman was killed by a man named Hashim Dagane, whom she had gone to meet at an apartment.
“We want leaders to help us educate our ladies. We understand life is difficult. People are involved in several things. But on our part, security. See, when a lady like this one of Eastleigh. This was somehow her boyfriend, and she went to an apartment to meet him, and she was killed there,” he added.
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Onyango argued that when these women meet with the men who later kill them, it’s often a secret affair; only after their deaths does the matter become public and get handed over to the police for investigation.
“The activities are secret. Now, the result comes to us. So, we cannot prevent murder so much. But we can resolve murders,” he added.
The DCI boss expressed that controlling murder cases is difficult for the police alone, but when society works together with them, it becomes easier.
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Source: TUKO.co.ke
