About a third of females (38 percent) and one fifth (20.9 per cent) of males in Kenya have experienced some form of Gender Based Violence, a survey revealed on Friday.
The National Crime Research Centre found men used muscular strength while women used verbal threats to commit GBV.
Verbal abuse is the most common form of gender based violence men in Mombasa encounter, a study has shown.
The report ranked Mombasa at 95.6 per cent, Busia at 67.3 per cent, Machakos at 66.7 per cent, Meru at 66.3 per cent,Kisii at 57.1 per cent and Kilifi at 4.2 per cent.
Hitting, battering and beating emerged as the most prevalent forms of GBV and were experienced in all 13 counties sampled.
"This form of GBV lowest in Nakuru at 38.5 per cent and highest in Mombasa at 97.8 per cent, with wife and husband battery being the most common forms of GBV in Kenya," read the report.
Domestic conflict was lowest in Kilifi at 12.5 per cent, while Machakos county had the highest number at 90.5 per cent.
Meru County recorded the lowest lifetime experience of Gender Based Violence compared to Busia which has highest at 54.9 per cent.
