Kisii Deputy County Commissioner Peter Mbugi in a past event. [Photo/Nation)

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Kisii Deputy County Commissioner Peter Mbugi has asked locals to stop gender based violence. 

Mr Mbugi said that in the recent past most men have been violent to their wives.

"Women have been a target of violence in the recent past. It's time residents joined hands to end it,"  he said.

He also advised local chiefs and elders to stop solving crimes related to violence and forward the cases to the police. 

He said that by forwarding the suspects to the police it would serve as a lesson to other men. 

According to the police in the past year, Kisii County has seen an upsurge in cases related to gender violence.