From Left: Technical Working Group on Gender Based Violence and Femicide Vice Chairperson Sam Thenya, Chairperson,Nancy Barasa and Kewopa Chairperson Leah Sankaire, during a stakeholder engagement held at KICC on April 8, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard] In Kenya today, a woman can be raped, murdered, and buried without justice while the country’s political class offers little more than silence, hashtags, and hollow committees. The recent formation of a Technical Working Group on Femicide is the latest performance in a political culture that treats women’s lives as expendable. Make no mistake: Kenya is facing a gendered security crisis. Femicide is rampant,…