Alarm over high domestic violence cases in Homa Bay
Residents torched the house of a suspect accused of murdering his sister-in-law over claims the deceased had a hand in the squabbles that led to his wife abandoning him. The man is on the run.
Hardly does a day pass without police officers from stations across Homa Bay County receiving reports of domestic violence.
Cases of gender-based violence (GBV), where one partner attacks the other, have been on the rise in the county and security officers are worried about the trend.