Nairobi, March 2 -- Catherine Naliaka from Kabuchai, Bungoma, vividly recalls how she was severely beaten by her husband in December 2022 just a few days before Christmas festivities.

Her husband, she says, got angry after returning home and finding that she had not taken his torn shoes to a cobbler as he had instructed in the morning before leaving for work.

Her explanations fell on deaf ears and were only met with blows and kicks. She suffered injuries, which, among other scars, left her with a red eye.

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"I tried to explain that our daughter, then nine months old, had suddenly experienced a severe fever during the day and I had to rush her to hospital. This was just as I prepared...