Nairobi, Nov. 26 -- The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence presents a time to reflect on the circumstances under which men and women are killed, and spotlight prevention measures.

This article highlights how some men and women lost their lives at the hands of their intimate partners-lives that would be saved if the country committed to ending GBV.

In September, a woman in Kipsongo, Nzoia County, was arrested by police for allegedly stabbing her husband to death for picking a quarrel with her over food.

In the same month, police in Tharaka Nithi reported the death of another woman by suicide in Kamacuku village. The woman is reported to have killed her architect husband over domestic woes before hanging herself.

In Octob...