The assault of social media personality, Jazba Jayce, allegedly by her boyfriend, has ignited fresh outrage on Twitter under the hashtag #StopFemicide.
In an Instagram post on Thursday, October 2, Jazba came forward to recount the painful experience, sparking widespread conversations about the silent suffering that women endure in abusive relationships.
In the post, Jazba is seen with visible imprints on her left cheeks that appear to be teeth marks, with a seemingly cut and bleeding left ear lobe. In another photo, she displays her bandaged fingers, drawing a grim picture of her ordeal.
On her Close Friends’ page on Instagram, she shared that @skyman-cc, (the alleged boyfriend that assaulted her), forced himself into her house and beat her up, after she blocked him on her phone.
Her courage to publicly share her story made a lot of people resonate with her, placing her among a growing number of women who are breaking their silence on gender-based violence.
The alleged assault case quickly became tied to the trending hashtag #StopFemicide, which has dominated Kenyan Twitter in recent weeks. Activists and ordinary citizens alike have used the platform to highlight the alarming rise in gender-based violence and killings of women.
Instagram users expressed solidarity with her while demanding that authorities take stronger measures against perpetrators of violence: “How many more women have to suffer before action is taken?” one user wrote, while another insisted, “We can’t normalize abuse #StopFemicide must be more than just a hashtag.”
One Sharon Otieno could not help but feel sorry for Jazba, admiring her bravery. “I’m so sorry this happened to you 💔🫂You’re so brave for sharing your story and standing up for yourself and many more.!”
This online outrage reflects a wider crisis in Kenya. According to data from Africa Data Hub, at least 678 women and girls were murdered by intimate partners from 2016 to 2024. A 2022 report published on the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics also states that about a third of all women ages 15 to 49 have experienced physical violence since age 15, and 13% have experienced sexual violence at some point.
