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FIDA declares femicide a national disaster

Posted on by Ozymandias

The Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA-Kenya) has issued a statement expressing profound concern regarding the escalating cases of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAW/G), designating femicide in Kenya as a national disaster.

This follows the horrific murder of Starlet Wahu Mwangi, believed to be a victim of intimate partner violence (IPV), and another woman found deceased in a short-term rental in Roysambu under similar circumstances. FIDA-Kenya has raised the alarm on the safety of women and girls in the country.

While acknowledging the National Police Service for swiftly apprehending the suspect in the Wahu case, FIDA-Kenya voiced apprehensions about the persistent failure of the state to shield women and girls from VAW/G, particularly in private spaces where the perpetrators are often known to the victims.

“It is extremely saddening that in the last year, 10 cases of femicide have been reported in the media. Many more cases remain unreported,” the statement conveyed.

Nancy Ikinu, Chairperson of FIDA-Kenya, stressed the urgent need for comprehensive actions to address femicide and VAW/G, aligning with the organization’s commitment to protecting the rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls in Kenya.

The organization underscored that bringing suspects to justice is insufficient and called for thorough investigations into the circumstances leading to such incidents. FIDA-Kenya urged the Government of Kenya to ensure the safety of women and girls from IPV.

Additionally, FIDA-Kenya called on criminal justice actors to consider the rights of the victims’ families throughout legal proceedings, emphasizing the right to access justice.

The organization also urged the government to enhance regulatory mechanisms for Airbnb, where recent incidents have occurred.

“FIDA-Kenya equally reaffirms her commitment to offering Pro Bono legal representation and psychosocial support for the victim’s family as well as other victims of VAW/G in the country, as well as commits to facilitate Nationwide awareness on IPV alongside both state and non-state actors,” the statement noted.

Fida CEO Teresa Omondi: We are doing everything to ensure Hopekid and DK are in court 

Posted on by Pauline Syombua

Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Kenya) is doing whatever possible to make sure the 20-year-old girl accusing gospel singer DK Kwenye Beat and Hopekid of molesting and infecting her with Herpes is charged.

Speaking to the Star, Fida CEO Teresa Omondi said they are doing all they can to get in touch with the woman for free legal services.

“She has not reached out to us and we have not been able to get her contacts. However, we are still trying to contact her just in case she still wants to get legal assistance. We can only proceed with this if she has given us consent. So far, we have no instructions from her to proceed, and that means we have nothing to work with at the moment,” she said. 

Adding:

“As Fida, we cannot reach out to the gospel artistes to ask them if it is really true they infected the woman or not, given that such investigations are mainly carried out by the DPP.”

Gospel industry

The 20-year-old Nakuru woman confessed what the two did that pushed her to almost committing suicide, saying it left her regretting why she went to Nairobi from Nakuru.

“These people in the gospel industry aren’t really about helping people or preaching the word, they are here hurting people and I believe I am not the first person, the second one or the last person.

“I believe there could be something going on even if it’s not these two people who happened to defile me. I went there knowing I am going to meet one person whom I had been talking to, not the second party.

“I want to just make it clear that if I knew I will find another person or if I knew they had a plan on me, to both have intercourse with me at a go in a three-way, I wouldn’t have gone there,” she disclosed.

” FIDA is a motherF@#ker! Where were they when my mum was being battered” says Huddah

Posted on by Pauline Syombua

Huddah is not happy with FIDA and according to her, they are just a name with no action. As far as we know FIDA Kenya fights for women who are physically abused and those with dead beat dads who never help their children.

But socialite Huddah ha come out to call them out for not helping women in the society. The socialite went on to ask them where they were when her mum and friends were being accused by their partners.

Huddah's post
Huddah’s post

According to her, they often tell these ladies to go home and back the next day when they know that they will not help them. This comes after a South African socialite by the name of Karabo Mokoena was recently killed and burned by her boyfriend who had been abusing her for a while and since no action was taken against him, he ended up taking the lady’s life.

 

Huddah

Huddah compared this situation to what has been happening in the country as most ladies hide in their abusive relationships as no one is out here to help them.

We cannot confirm whether what she said is true but at this time and age it is important for everyone (not only the ladies) to understand the importance of walking out of abusive relationships. As hard as it sounds, the only way to walk out alive is understanding that it never gets better after the first physical fight.