Police form an Anti-Stripping-Squad to hunt down men who strip women

The sixteen days of activism against gender based violence was launched on Wednesday by President Uhuru Kenyatta. This comes at a time when the country is experiencing repeated acts of men stripping women in public.

President Uhuru Kenyatta who presided over the event is the second president in Africa to endorse the He for She campaign after Rwanda’s Paul Kagame. The president urged members of public to play their role in protecting women and desist from capturing the humiliation on camera unless to capture the faces of the perpetrators.

According to the 2013 report on gender based violence, 45% of women between ages 15-49 years have experienced at least one form of violoence while women account for 90% of cases reported.

Meanwhile, the Law Society of Kenya has sought permission from the Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko to prosecute those found culpable of committing the shameful striping acts that were captured on camera two weeks ago in Mombasa and Nairobi.

The Kenya Police have also formed an Anti Stripping Squad to deal with the perpetrators of similar shameful acts that might arise in future.

The sixteen days of activism is not only a time to shed light on the various forms of gender based violence, but also a call to society to stand up and speak out for those voices muffles by the violence