Passaris urges restraint after woman dies from domestic violence
By Arnold Ngure, August 25, 2025Nairobi County Woman Representative Esther Passaris has called on married couples to exercise restraint when their anger flares after a woman was brutally murdered in the Kware area on the night of August 13, 2025.
In a statement on Monday, August 25, 2025, Passaris said that angered couples should seek divorce, restraint or counselling whenever they experience fits of rage towards one another.
“Susan Nabwire is gone. Cyprian, you didn’t just kill your wife; you killed the mother of your child. That little one now has no mother. And no father,” Passaris said.
Restraint and counselling
“When anger consumes you: seek restraint, counselling, separation, even divorce, but never murder. To the DCI, we need swift justice.”
Susan Nabwire, a mother of one and an M-Pesa agent, was killed as she prepared to leave her home for work when a quarrel ensued between her and her husband, Cyprian Magohe.
According to Susan’s mother, Phyllis Makokha, Cyprian had returned home in a foul mood on the night of the murder and demanded to know the passwords of his wife’s phones.
After Susan refused to give the details, Makokha said that a scuffle ensued, resulting in the death of Susan in front of her one-year-old child and a house help.
In custody
DCI confirmed that Cyprian had already been arrested and detained at the Embakasi Police Station, awaiting arraignment.
In recent years, Kenya has seen a disturbing surge in femicide and domestic violence, sparking national outrage and calls for urgent action. Femicide, the intentional killing of women and girls due to their gender, is a brutal manifestation of a deeper issue: the normalisation of gender-based violence (GBV) rooted in patriarchal societal norms.
GBV cases persist
Data from sources like the Africa Data Hub indicate a grim reality, with over 678 women and girls murdered by intimate partners or family members between 2016 and 2024.
A staggering 2024 report highlighted 170 cases of female murders, which was double the annual average from previous years, with the majority of victims aged 18 to 35.
Many of these killings happen in victims’ homes and are preceded by domestic violence, revealing a dangerous pattern.