Universities and other education institutions in Kenya were ordered closed by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta on March 15th, 2020, with a closure deadline of March 20th. This was in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic and the confirmation of the first case in Kenya on March 13, 2020.

Spouse abuse (SA) refers to a phenomenon that is commonly known as domestic violence. It is also variously referred to as family violence, domestic dispute, intimate partner violence, wife abuse, wife battering, husband battering, gender based violence and many other terminologies in various parts of the world. Spouse abuse also refers to violence between intimates living together or who have previously cohabited (Buzawa and Buzawa, 2003).