Nearly half of all murder victims in Kenya are women, new data from the Government Chemist department has revealed.

According to a report by the department, out of the 1,624 murder cases processed between 2022 and 2024, 787 were cases of femicide.

This represents 47 per cent of the total forensic cases processed at the Government’s Chemist, with an average 250 femicide cases being processed per year.