Nairobi Women Representative Esther Passaris has challenged President William Ruto to speak on the ongoing femicide cases in the country.
Speaking to the media during the femicide protest in Nairobi CBD on Saturday, January 27, Passaris noted that it was important for Ruto to understand the pain of the families of the victims of femicide in the country.
Passaris was addressing the press as the crowd heckled and booed at her.
The women who joined the protests accused her of remaining silent on the matter, while she was the women representative.
“We need the president to speak to it, we need the president to understand that the families of these women who have been brutally murdered, have got so much trauma.
“They need to feel that the state is acting on their behalf and that the president has understood the pain that the families,” stated Passaris.
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Passaris Forced Out of Podium
As the women representative attempted to speak to the huge crowd, “Where were you, and Go Back Home” chants rented the air.
The relentless crowd did not allow the lawmaker to give a speech, forcing her down from a makeshift podium which she had stepped on to speak.
She then joined the protestors in their walk in CBD.
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Raila’s Voice on Femicide
On the other hand, while speaking to the press, she praised Azimio leader Raila Odinga for his voice in the matter.
Also, she indicated that she had spoken to some cabinet secretaries on the cases of femicide in the country and empathized with the affected families.
“I have spoken to a few CSs and said that the presidents’ voice needs to be heard on this. I am proud that our party leader Raila Odinga did speak about it two weeks ago.
“The women and every woman here from the civil society and the citizens of Kenya are all pained by what we have seen,” she added.
Earlier on January 17, the opposition leader condemned the increasing cases of murder of women in the country.
He noted that the death of the young women was leaving a trail of grief for many families and friends of the deceased.
“It is sad to see a troubling increase in the deaths of young women, leaving a trail of grief for families and friends. The abnormality of these murders cannot become the new normal.
“Murder is and will always be wrong, and there is no excuse. The ugly scourge of murder of women is now a national emergency. It is a threat to homeland security. It must come to an end,” he stated.