Parliamentarians will spend Ksh100 million on the campaign against femicide and Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases.
According to a letter seen by The Kenya Times, the National Assembly allocated the said amount under Article 223 of the Constitution of Kenya for the ‘Komesha Dhuluma Initiative’ campaign.
The campaign will be carried out by 102 Members of Parliament, including 47 Woman Representatives, 28 single-member constituency MPs of the National Assembly, 6 nominated Members of the National Assembly, 3 elected Senators, and 18 nominated Senators.
The initiative will also involve key stakeholders such as the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), the Center for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW), the Community Advocacy and Awareness (CRAWN) Trust, and the National Gender and Equality Commission. Coordination, documentation, and reporting of MPs’ efforts will be undertaken by the Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA).
Each of the 102 women MPs will conduct sensitization campaigns in one constituency, ensuring no constituency is repeated.
Consequently, at least 102 out of Kenya’s 290 constituencies will be covered.
The MPs are expected to spend Ksh980,00o on each constituency tour with the aim of reaching 10 million people.
Budget Breakdown
Of that amount, the legislature will spend Ksh50,000 0n 10 tents including scalloping and transport per constituency.
This multiplied by the 102 constituencies sums to Ksh5.1 million.
Additionally, the MPs will spend Ksh40,000 on chairs and PA system on each constituency.
This means that the MPs will spend Ksh4.08 million on chairs and PA system.
The MPs have allocated Ksh50,000 for sodas for 1000 pax and another Ksh50,000 for Water per constituency.
The total budget allocation for water and soda in all the constituencies is Ksh10.2 million.
There is a transport reimbursement of Ksh500,000, Ksh200,000 for scarves and Ksh40,000 for miscellaneous per constituency.
These sum to Ksh75.4 million.
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Anti-Femicide Committee
Meanwhile, the 42-member committee appointed by President William Ruto to address the GBV and femicide cased in the country has been sworn into office.
The Committee headed by former deputy chief justice Dr. Nancy Baraza is tasked with finding solution to the problem that left more 170 women killed in 2024.
“It is a scary task, but it has to be done, and I have all the confidence in you just like the state has in us,” Baraza said.
Speaking during the swearing-in, Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo said the country has recorded more than 100 cases of femicide in the last 6 months with 15 cases reported in January 2025 alone.
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Baraza Blasts MPs
However, in an interview on Wednesday, January 29, Baraza criticized the MPs for misallocating funds for the campaign.
She explained that the MPs do not need drinks and tents for the campaign noting that the country is struggling economically.
“If there are instances in which resources are being misapplied, I think that is unfortunate. Tents and sodas for what? We need to appreciate that the country is struggling economically so we must apply the little resources we have prudently,” said the former DCJ.
Baraza said the money can be channeled to build shelters for victims, establish gender desks in police stations and for train law enforcement officers on handling GBV.
“Kenyans concerns about how we use resources is legitimate and I assure them that my committee is not going to drink sodas and do all those stranger things,” she said.
“We will see how we can prudently manage the resources we have because we don’t have much.”
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