In a country grappling with a rising wave of femicide, one might expect empathy or, at the very least, accountability from its leaders. Yet, on Monday, April 14, during her vetting, Gender Cabinet Secretary nominee Hannah Cheptumo dismissed the surge in femicide as a money issue, suggesting that female university students are killed because they "could be looking for money" and lack empowerment.
Her remarks not only trivialize the brutality of the murders but also reveal a troubling detachment from the grim reality faced by Kenyan women. Cheptumo said in her interview, "Femicide is the intentional killing of women or girls.
It is brought by dependency.
You find them in places that are exposed because they are trying to get an alternative source of income.
