Kenya failing to tackle record-high femicides, activists say
- Kenyan athletics champion Agnes Tirop died by stabbing in October 2021.
- Police arrested her husband Ibrahim Rotich as the prime suspect the following day.
- A court released Rotich on 400,000 shillings bail in November 2023 after two years in custody.
- Rotich has since disappeared, and his victim's father said the release "struck like a thunderbolt."
- Activists contend that Kenya's handling of this case demonstrates systemic failures for gender violence victims.
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