Hannah Wendot: Gender CS nominee says girls killed in guest houses are always after money

Amnesty Kenya blasts RUTO’s Gender CS nominee, WENDOT CHEPTUMO, over ‘insensitive’ remarks on femicide

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - Amnesty Kenya has sharply criticised Gender Cabinet Secretary nominee, Hanna Wendot Cheptumo, following her controversial remarks on femicide during her vetting on Monday, April 14th. In a statement released Tuesday, Amnesty termed Cheptumo’s comments as not only “insensitive” but “outright wrong,” accusing her of shifting blame from perpetrators to victims. “Suggesting that girls need economic power to avoid femicide s…

Gender CS nominee Hanna Cheptumo sparks row with remarks on femicide

Gender Cabinet Secretary nominee Hanna Cheptumo has stirred controversy after suggesting that some female university students, who have increasingly fallen victim to murder in short-stay apartments, are killed because they are “chasing after money.” Cheptumo, the widow of former Baringo Senator William Cheptumo, made the remarks on Monday while appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on […]

Gender CS nominee Cheptumo on female university students murder: ‘Those are looking for money’

President William Ruto’s nominee for Gender Cabinet Secretary, Hanna Cheptumo, on Monday attributed Kenya’s femicide crisis to women pursuing relationships motivated by a desire for money.

Hannah Wendot: Gender CS nominee says girls killed in guest houses are always after money

Gender CS nominee Hannah Wendot has alleged that young women being killed in short stay apartments are after monetary gains, despite them being educated