IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bcp/journl/v9y2025issue-3p3347-3357.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Use of Cell Phones and MPESA Transactions to Track, Arrest, and Prosecute Perpetrators of Sexual Violence in Kenya

Author

Listed:
  • Jackson Maranga

    (Department of History, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST).)

Abstract

Technology has become an essential instrument in the battle against sexual abuse, providing courts with evidence to serve victims, especially women. Although its importance is expanding, little is known about how mobile phones and financial technologies like MPESA are used to prosecute sexual abuse. Kenya uses these technologies to track, arrest, and convict offenders. This paper examines their efficacy and limits. Kenya High Court rulings, interviews with victims, legal experts, family members, and secondary data sources were used for this continuing study. According to the research, photos, videos, and transactional data have undermined criminals’ witch-hunt justifications. The rapid arrest, prosecution, and conviction of offenders makes mobile technology increasingly crucial in pursuing justice. The work also tackles essential issues related to the reliability and sufficiency of digital evidence. Technological advances can expose perpetrators, but they do not always bring justice. Examples of domestic violence without digital proof or persuasive evidence show the limitations of this strategy. Digital technologies’ effects on family and community trust and accountability are also examined. This research examines how mobile technology combats sexual assault, contributing to the conversation on technology, justice, and social systems. A sophisticated approach to using digital technologies for justice in Kenya requires balancing technological optimism with a critical knowledge of its limits.

Suggested Citation

  • Jackson Maranga, 2025. "Use of Cell Phones and MPESA Transactions to Track, Arrest, and Prosecute Perpetrators of Sexual Violence in Kenya," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 9(3), pages 3347-3357, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:9:y:2025:issue-3:p:3347-3357
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-9-issue-3/3347-3357.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/articles/use-of-cell-phones-and-mpesa-transactions-to-track-arrest-and-prosecute-perpetrators-of-sexual-violence-in-kenya/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Johnson, Shane & Nikolovska, Manja, 2022. "The effect of COVID-19 restrictions on routine activities and online crime," SocArXiv ze49b, Center for Open Science.
    2. repec:osf:socarx:ze49b_v1 is not listed on IDEAS
    3. Damiano Kulundu Manda & Kunal Sen, 2004. "The labour market effects of globalization in Kenya," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 16(1), pages 29-43.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Xavier Cirera & Dirk Willenbockel & Rajith W.D. Lakshman, 2014. "Evidence On The Impact Of Tariff Reductions On Employment In Developing Countries: A Systematic Review," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(3), pages 449-471, July.
    2. Pankaj C. Patel & Cornelius A. Rietveld, 2022. "Does globalization affect perceptions about entrepreneurship? The role of economic development," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(3), pages 1545-1562, March.
    3. Bigsten, Arne & Durevall, Dick, 2004. "Trade Reform and Wage Inequality in Kenya, 1964-2000," Working Papers in Economics 148, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
    4. Jun Zhuo & Mengmeng Hao & Fangyu Ding & Jiping Dong & Dong Jiang & Shuai Chen, 2024. "The spatiotemporal patterns and driving factors of cybercrime in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-10, December.
    5. Branko Milanovic & Lyn Squire, 2007. "Does Tariff Liberalization Increase Wage Inequality? Some Empirical Evidence," NBER Chapters, in: Globalization and Poverty, pages 143-182, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    6. Novella Bottini & Michael Gasiorek, 2009. "Trade and Job Reallocation: Evidence for Morocco," LIUC Papers in Economics 224, Cattaneo University (LIUC).
    7. Rhys Jenkins, 2005. "Globalization, Production and Poverty," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2005-40, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    8. Bigsten, Arne & Durevall, Dick, 2006. "Openness and wage inequality in Kenya, 1964-2000," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 34(3), pages 465-480, March.
    9. Rhys Jenkins, 2006. "Contrasting perspectives on globalization and labour in South Africa," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 6(3), pages 185-200, July.
    10. repec:aer:wpaper:194 is not listed on IDEAS
    11. Robert Pollin & James Heintz, 2017. "Expanding Decent Employment in Kenya: The Role of Monetary Policy, Inflation Control, and the Exchange Rate," Research Report 6, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
    12. Martin Mulwa & Timothy Gichana, 2020. "Does education reduce gender differentials in labor market participation? A Kenyan perspective," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 32(3), pages 446-458, September.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:9:y:2025:issue-3:p:3347-3357. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Dr. Pawan Verma (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.