This study set out to investigate the efficacy of the legal and institutional framework for gender based violence (GBV) created by the Anti Gender Based Violence Act (AGBVA) No. 1 of 2011. The AGBVA was enacted to specifically deal with GBV which had reached alarming proportions in the country and affected people adversely. However, since the enactment of the AGBVA, GBV cases have been increasing and of late, the country has witnessed the most brutal forms of it...
