According to a health survey released on Wednesday at least one in 10 Kenyan men has been physically or sexually assaulted by a wife or partner.
Men aged between 20 and 24 years (11.7 per cent) bore the brunt of the assaults and were closely followed by those between 40 and 49 years at 9.8 per cent.
Those between 30 and 39 years reported the fewest cases with only 7.1 per cent of the respondents saying they had been assaulted, the 2014 Kenya Demographic survey says.
Those in the middle income bracket reported the highest number of domestic violence cases at 11.6 per cent – or 496 men out of 2,890 interviewed. They were followed by those at the bottom of the income ladder (9.5 per cent).
Divorced, separated or widowed men reported the highest number of cases. They were followed by men who had been married more than once.
Only 7.1 per cent of those who were living with their spouses reported sexual or physical violence. Those who had been married only once had the lowest number of cases compared to those who had been married two or more times.
