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VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS A GOODWAY TO GO AND NO EXCUSE FOR ABUSE

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    STATICTICS FOR 2020/2021 FOR THE PREVALENCE OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS A GOOD WAY TO GO AND NO EXCUSE FOR ABUSE During the Covid 19   period the Kenya government’s   response to gender based violence has been too little, too late. Mutuku Ngilu, the executive director of counter human trafficking trust east Africa , agrees that the number of safe houses is limited, especially in far flug areas like north eastern Kenya. He add that local communities sometimes stigmatize women who seek help from safe houses, and when perpetrators   find where they have gone, they sometimes go there for revenge missions. According to government, There has been an increase in all types, 45%    physical violence, 14% sexual violence, 22.9% forced child marriage.                 Kenya, like many other countries around the world, experience an increase in reported cases of   violence, including domes