Husbands made up 40.15 per cent of the culprits, followed by boyfriends at 32 per cent.
By Marklewis Kithinji
What you need to know:
Report highlighted that 77 per cent of all murders of women were executed by people the victim may have known intimately.
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Amidst a dark cloud of escalating gender-based violence and a nationwide outcry over the killings of both women and children, the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) has launched a troubling report.
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