Two suspects; Dominic Okoth and Simon Gitau, have been arrested after they were found in possession of two phones that were reportedly robbed from a 20-year-old girl in Buruburu, Nairobi before she was killed.
Detectives investigating the case have launched further investigations, including carrying out a Forensic Analysis of the Phones and other items found at the scene of the crime to establish how she met her death.
The suspects are in lawful custody awaiting arraignment in court on Monday.
The Global Study on Homicide by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported that 19,000 women were killed in 2017 by their intimate partners in Africa. This number has sadly risen in 2018/19 if we consider numerous unreported cases.
The report explored the scale of intimate partner killings of women and girls. It explains why intimate partner violence is rooted in widely-accepted gender norms about men’s general authority and their use of violence to exert control over women.
We must agree that any kind of violence against or murder of women is criminal and punishable no matter the ongoings so as to discontinue the problematic justifications of gender violence.