Kush Tracey speaks out on rising online harassment against women and girls
Gospel artiste Teresia Ndoti Wambui, widely known as Kush Tracey, has spoken out against the rising wave of online harassment targeting women and girls in Kenya and beyond.
Taking to her official Instagram account on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, Kush Tracy said that while digital spaces were created to empower, educate, and connect people, they have increasingly become battlegrounds where women face threats, bullying, exploitation, and psychological harm.
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“Digital spaces were meant to empower, educate and connect us, yet today, they have become a growing battlefield where women and girls face harassment, threats, bullying, exploitation and psychological harm,” Kush wrote.
The gospel singer emphasised that digital violence is real violence, adding that women are being blackmailed, and their private images are being shared online without their consent.
She says such harassment has destroyed the confidence and mental health of many women and girls.
“From revenge pornography and cyberstalking to non-consensual sharing of images to online grooming and digital blackmail, digital violence is real violence, and it destroys confidence, mental health, opportunities and, in some cases, life,” she said.
In addition, Kush noted that young women navigating online spaces today often face cruelty and digital abuse.
“In Kenya and globally, young women are navigating online spaces with: Fear of being targeted, Pressure to overperform, Emotional distress from online cruelty and Silence because digital abuse is often dismissed as ‘not serious’,” she added.
“Digital violence is real, and it scars; it hurts, it traumatises, and it silences and shatters confidence. Girls & women are often fighting battles they cannot always see or even fathom.”
Safe online space
She further called on communities, tech companies, and policymakers to act. She urges the creation of digital spaces where respect and integrity guide online interactions
“Every woman and girl deserves to feel safe in her home, in the digital space, in the streets and in every other space,” she added.
Digital violence
This comes after Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris raised an alarm over young men who film themselves sexually harassing girls under the guise of creating online content.
“I have come across several videos of young men sexually harassing girls in the name of content. It is shocking that such acts are being viewed as entertainment,” the X post read in part.
She described the scenes as traumatic and heartbreaking, questioning how a girl is expected to defend herself when surrounded by a crowd of boys cheering on the abuse.
“I cannot begin to imagine the trauma a girl goes through in such an ordeal, surrounded by boys who, instead of protecting or defending her dignity, stand aside and entertain this diabolic abomination. What then happens if she tries to defend herself?” she posed.
The legislator has also called on law enforcement to take immediate action, urging the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to move quickly and arrest the boys involved in the videos.
“I am calling on the @DCI_Kenya to apprehend these boys immediately,” she wrote.
