Amnesty Kenya has slammed the Gender Cabinet Secretary nominee Hanna Wendot Cheptumo over remarks she made on femicide during her vetting on Monday, April 14. In a statement released on Tuesday, the human rights advocacy group termed Cheptumo's remarks-which blamed the victims of femicide- as not only insensitive but also outright wrong.
Amnesty noted that femicide is a crime, not a consequence of unfortunate circumstances, and that focus should be directed to eradicating it. "Suggesting that girls need economic power to avoid femicide shifts the blame from perpetrators to the victims.
Femicide is a crime and should be treated as such," Amnesty stated in a video dubbed How Not to Govern 101.
Gender Cabinet Secretary nominee Hannah Wendot Cheptumo during her vetting on Monday, April 14, 2025.
