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People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua has called on President William Ruto’s administration to urgently address the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV), femicide, child disappearances and insecurity.
She also, warned that failures in governance, policing and inaction from the justice system are leaving women and children increasingly vulnerable.
Speaking during the launch of the #ACTNOW campaign against gender-based violence at Mageuzi Hub in Nairobi, Karua said the country’s budgetary priorities have failed to address the root causes of crime, including unemployment, inadequate investment in education, weak policing and delayed justice.
“When we fail to create jobs, invest in education and reform policing, we breed hopelessness, crime and lawlessness,” she said, adding that women, children, the elderly and the poor bear the greatest burden of the country’s security failures.
