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The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association says the majority of female candidates campaigning ahead of elections in the country next week have experienced physical violence, verbal attacks and online abuse.

According to the constitution, political parties have to make sure no one gender occupies more than two-thirds of appointive and elective bodies.

Mercy Mwangi is programme coordinator for the Kenya Women Parliamentary Association. She told Newsday that campaigns 鈥渁re very money intensive so sometimes you鈥檒l find women attacked until they give some money鈥�. She says such abuse 鈥渞emains a huge barrier for women participating in politics鈥�.

(Picture: A man walks next to campaign posters of various candidates pasted on the walls, in Nairobi, on August 02, 2022, ahead of Kenya's August 2022 general election. Credit: SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)