Nairobi, Feb. 2 -- On Saturday last week, women and men in different parts of the country left their homes to go to the streets. Why? They were tired of counting the numbers of women being killed by men.

Some wore T-shirts with the message "End Femicide Now." Others carried placards crying out: "We are not safe. Stop killing women."

And they shared their photos on X under the hashtags #EndFemicideKE and #TotalShutdownKE.

Read: From mere talk to action: Stop the killing of women

From all the flurry of photos, two stood out: a man, probably in his 50s carrying a placard reminding Kenyans of the latest victims of femicide. It read: "Say their names: Starlet Wahu, Rita Waeni and Malkia."

In another, a man in a red T-shirt was protesting,...