Nakuru professionals are now urging men to treat women with dignity and in respect of morals and norms of the African society.
Speaking to our reporter over the weekend, the professionals called on relevant state organs to ensure rights of every citizen are upheld.
Molo businessman and veteran politician Kamau Kuria has termed the recent incidences of women stripping as primitive and lack of behaviour by the male society.
“It is so wrong for our men to do so, but our ladies should also try to dress well. Men should only see with their eyes and not hand,” said Kuria.
Peter Maina, a Naivasha resident and a lecturer at Bandari College and institute of chartered shipbrokers East Africa, said it was of no benefit and the law should take its course.
Maina termed the incidents as shameful, coming at a time when the country has enacted deterrent laws against sexual gender based violence.
“It is my opinion that these incidences could have been forestalled had the relevant state agencies swung into action. Failure to prosecute these acts is not a matter of legislation,” said Apollo Macharia, a blogger.
Macharia added that the country could not afford to sit and watch as women continued to be harassed.
“The constitution has not given us a dressing code and by so, whether one wears a net or full dress, it does not concern us, we must remind those men who think they can strip women that such conduct is completely unacceptable. We cannot have any other woman going through what the victims have undergone,” added Macharia.
The remarks come in the wake of cases of women being stripped across the country, a vice that has prompted national outcry and condemnation leading to public protests.